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Shankar Rao (Maoist leader)
Indian Maoist leader (1984–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shankar Rao (1984 – 16 April 2024) was an Indian communist militant, who served as leader of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) amid the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency.[1]
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A resident of Warangal, Rao served as a divisional committee member of the Maoist party. He was killed on 16 April 2024, at the age of 40, during an encounter with Border Security Force (BSF) Jawans. Twenty-eight other militants were also killed.[2] The police said, he had a reward of 25 Lakhs on his head.[3]
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