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Jun 18, 2025 10:37 AM IST The encounter passed off at Kondamodalu village of Devipatnam forest space underneath Maredumilli police limits Three Maoists, together with a high Communist Party of India (Maoist) central committee member, had been killed in an encounter with the safety forces in forests of Maredumilli in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju district within the early hours of Wednesday, police stated. The operation, carried out by the elite Greyhounds unit, led to the demise of central committee member Gajarla Ravi alias Uday. (HT sourced picture) Along with central committee member Gajarla Ravi alias Uday, one other high Maoist chief Raavi Venkata Chaitanya alias Aruna and one other unidentified Maoist chief had been additionally killed within the encounter. Aruna was the spouse of one other central committee member Pratapreddy Ramachandra Reddy alias Chalapati, who was killed within the encounter with the safety forces at Gariaband in Chhattisgarh bordering Odisha. While Ravi can be the secretary of the Andhra-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee, Aruna is a member of the committee. Also Read: Maoist with ₹5 lakh bounty killed in Jharkhand gunfight: DIG Palamu Both Maoist leaders had been heading the Maoist operations in Andhra-Odisha borders and had been on probably the most wished record of National Investigation Agency (NIA). Ravi carried a reward of ₹20 lakh on his head. According to a senior police official of the Andhra police, the encounter passed off at Kondamodalu village of Devipatnam forest space underneath Maredumilli police limits. “Based on intelligence received by police on Tuesday evening about Maoist presence in the area, security forces launched an operation. The operation, carried out by the elite Greyhounds unit, led to a fierce exchange of fire with Maoists, resulting in heavy losses for the Maoists,” the official stated, including that the police had seized three AK-47 rifles and different weapons from the encounter spot. Several different Maoist leaders are believed to have fled the scene after the gunfight. With intelligence stories suggesting presence of extra Maoists within the space, combing operations by the Greyhounds are ongoing within the Maredumilli forests. Gajarla Ravi, alias Uday and Ganesh, who hails from Velishala village of Chityala block within the erstwhile mixed Warangal district, joined the Maoist motion in 1992 on the age of 23. Over the years, he rose by the ranks and have become a member of the central committee. In 2004, he participated in peace talks with the federal government as a consultant of the then People’s War Group. The NIA had famous Ravi’s sturdy maintain over this densely forested area. Police information point out that Ravi had led a number of operations in opposition to the safety forces, together with the killing of 4 BSF jawans in Odisha’s Malkangiri district in 2012 and was additionally concerned within the Balimela reservoir assault that killed 38 Greyhounds.
