Dreaded woman Maoist leader killed in Chhattisgarh

Bodies of two armed Maoists who were gunned down during an encounter with the police in Pedabayalu of Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district on March 16, 2019. (Photo: IANS)


A dreaded woman Maoist leader accused in the murder of Madhya Pradesh minister Likhiram Kawre in 1999 has been gunned down in Chhattisgarh, police said.

Jamuna, 45, carried a reward of Rs 18.50 lakh.

She was killed at Bhave in Chhattisgarh in an encounter with the security forces, a police statement said on Wednesday.

Kawre, then Madhya Pradesh Transport Minister, was killed by the Maoists on December 16, 1999.