Overview

• The deceased were identified as Katta Ramachandra Reddy (Raju Dada/Vikalp), 63, and Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy (Kosa Dada), 67, both from Karimnagar, Telangana, each carrying a Rs 40 lakh reward.
• A joint DRG–BSF team engaged Maoists on the Maharashtra–Chhattisgarh border in Narayanpur on Monday morning, with intermittent exchanges of fire before the bodies were recovered.
• Security forces seized an AK‑47, an INSAS rifle, a barrel grenade launcher, a large quantity of explosives, Maoist literature, and other items from the site.
• Officials called the action a major setback to the CPI (Maoist) leadership; Union Home Minister Amit Shah praised the forces as police put this year’s Maoist deaths in Chhattisgarh at about 249.
• Chhattisgarh’s home minister said a recent Maoist ceasefire letter and voice note were verified as genuine and insisted that any truce must begin with the surrender of planted IEDs, with operations continuing.