Indian forces kill Maoist rebel leader: police

BHUBANESWAR, India: Indian security forces killed a senior Maoist rebel commander and three other fighters including two women in a raid on Thursday, police said, as authorities push a major offensive against the guerrillas. New Delhi has launched an all-out campaign against the insurgents and vowed to end the Maoist rebellion by March 2026. Police in the eastern state of Odisha said they had killed Maoist commander Ganesh Uike in a gunfight in Kandhamal district, after security forces received a tip-off about his location.

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