In a blow to the Maoists, one of their top leaders was killed along with five other Naxals after a night-long encounter with security forces at Motera jungle in the district which also left a CRPF commando dead.

New Delhi: The Union home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, on Wednesday said that Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal should coordinate their anti-Maoist operations and form a Unified Command