Kishenji Killed

Six months after her nephew and Trinamool MP publicly said it, a minister in West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's government has claimed she got Maoist leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao, better known as Kishenji, killed in 2011.

The CPI-M today demanded an explanation from the Mamata Banerjee government about the death of Kishenji after the chief minister's nephew and MP Abhishek Banerjee claimed that the government had killed the top Maoist leader in 2011.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee has triggered a controversy by claiming that the West Bengal government had "killed" Maoist leader Kishenji. The comment is at odds with the state government's stand that he had died in a gun battle in a joint operation by paramilitary forces.

Close Kishenji aide Suchitra Mahato, who had escaped after the Maoist topgun was killed last year, today surrendered with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claiming the injured ultra responded to her government's "offer of peace".

Three days after the death of Maoist leader Kishenji, who was shot dead by security forces, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee broke her silence and has defended the police encounter.

Slain top Maoist leader Kishenji was shot six times and had received two splinter wounds during the encounter with security forces in West Midnapore district, according to his autopsy report.

Two days after top Maoist leader Kishenji was killed by security forces in a fierce gunbattle in West Bengal, his niece and Naxal ideologue P. Varavara Rao today identified his body.

Top Maoist leader Kishenji's niece Deepa will arrive here from Andhra Pradesh along with Telugu poet Varavara Rao on Friday afternoon to identify the slain rebel's body.

A shrewd fighter and a marksman, top Maoist leader Kishenji spent three decades of his life in hiding, waging a relentless, bloody war against the state to emerge as the biggest security headache for the West Bengal Government and the Centre.

A day after top Maoist leader Kishenji was killed in a fierce gunfight with security forces in West Bengal, his mother has alleged that he was killed in a "fake encounter". Reports say she will file a writ petition in this regard in the Calcutta High Court today.

Top Maoist leader Kishenji has been killed by security forces in a fierce gunfight in West Bengal.

Maoists shot dead a man in West Bengal and set off a blast partially damaging tracks in Bihar on the second day of their two-day bandh in six states.The body of the unidentified man was found this morning. He had been assaulted before being shot dead at Jhargram town in West Midnapore district in West Bengal, police sources said.Posters left beside...

With the Centre deciding on having unified command structures in four states to fight Maoists, top Naxal leader Kishenji on Friday said they are ready to answer the government's move and vowed to take revenge over the killing of Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad.

Maoists called for a 48-hour 'Bharat bandh' from July 7 to protest against the killing of their senior Politburo member Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad at Adilabad in Andhra Pradesh by the police, top Maoist leader Kishenji said on Sunday.

Four days after the massacre of the 24 Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) jawans at Silda, the anger among the bereaved families continues to be on the boil. Families of the EFR jawans blocked the road at Salua in West Midnapore district to protest their deaths.

Six months after her nephew and Trinamool MP publicly said it, a minister in West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's government has claimed she got Maoist leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao, better known as Kishenji, killed in 2011.

The CPI-M today demanded an explanation from the Mamata Banerjee government about the death of Kishenji after the chief minister's nephew and MP Abhishek Banerjee claimed that the government had killed the top Maoist leader in 2011.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee has triggered a controversy by claiming that the West Bengal government had "killed" Maoist leader Kishenji. The comment is at odds with the state government's stand that he had died in a gun battle in a joint operation by paramilitary forces.

Close Kishenji aide Suchitra Mahato, who had escaped after the Maoist topgun was killed last year, today surrendered with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claiming the injured ultra responded to her government's "offer of peace".

Three days after the death of Maoist leader Kishenji, who was shot dead by security forces, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee broke her silence and has defended the police encounter.

Slain top Maoist leader Kishenji was shot six times and had received two splinter wounds during the encounter with security forces in West Midnapore district, according to his autopsy report.

Two days after top Maoist leader Kishenji was killed by security forces in a fierce gunbattle in West Bengal, his niece and Naxal ideologue P. Varavara Rao today identified his body.

Top Maoist leader Kishenji's niece Deepa will arrive here from Andhra Pradesh along with Telugu poet Varavara Rao on Friday afternoon to identify the slain rebel's body.

A shrewd fighter and a marksman, top Maoist leader Kishenji spent three decades of his life in hiding, waging a relentless, bloody war against the state to emerge as the biggest security headache for the West Bengal Government and the Centre.

A day after top Maoist leader Kishenji was killed in a fierce gunfight with security forces in West Bengal, his mother has alleged that he was killed in a "fake encounter". Reports say she will file a writ petition in this regard in the Calcutta High Court today.

Top Maoist leader Kishenji has been killed by security forces in a fierce gunfight in West Bengal.

Maoists shot dead a man in West Bengal and set off a blast partially damaging tracks in Bihar on the second day of their two-day bandh in six states.The body of the unidentified man was found this morning. He had been assaulted before being shot dead at Jhargram town in West Midnapore district in West Bengal, police sources said.Posters left beside...

With the Centre deciding on having unified command structures in four states to fight Maoists, top Naxal leader Kishenji on Friday said they are ready to answer the government's move and vowed to take revenge over the killing of Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad.

Maoists called for a 48-hour 'Bharat bandh' from July 7 to protest against the killing of their senior Politburo member Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad at Adilabad in Andhra Pradesh by the police, top Maoist leader Kishenji said on Sunday.

Four days after the massacre of the 24 Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) jawans at Silda, the anger among the bereaved families continues to be on the boil. Families of the EFR jawans blocked the road at Salua in West Midnapore district to protest their deaths.