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

The body of one of the top Maoist leaders Kishenji, who was killed in a gun fight with security forces, was on Saturday identified by his niece Deepa Rao, Maoist ideologue P.Varvara Rao said.

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There is a time gap of almost 17 months between the violent deaths of top Maoist leaders Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and M. Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji. Yet there are distinct similarities between

Maoist ideologue P. Varavara Rao Saturday claimed that slain rebel leader Kishenji was killed in a 'staged encounter' and held West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee responsible for the death.

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The body of slain Maoist leader Kishenji will be cremated at Peddapalli near here on Sunday, his family members said.

Kishenji was killed in an encounter in Barishol forest in West Bengal on Thursday

Acting on a tip-off that Kishenji and some other rebel leaders like Suchitra Mahato and Bikash were holed up there, the joint forces led by DSP Praveen Kumar Tripathy encircled Lalboni near Kushboni j

They had not seen him for over three decades but top Maoist leader Kishenji's family members have appealed to the government to hand over his body to see him for the last time and perform his last rit

The Maoists on Friday demanded an independent probe into the circumstances leading to the death of their top leader Kishenji in West Midnapore district.

Alleging that Kishenji was killed in a fake e

Using sniffer dogs and anti-landmine devices, security forces on Friday carried out combing operations in villages and forests around West Bengal's Burishole, looking for slain Maoist top gun Kishenji

The killing of top Maoist leader Kishenji raised a controversy today with his supporters and some political parties alleging he was eliminated in a fake encounter, a charge denied by CRPF which said it was a "clean" operation.