Six Maoists were killed by police in Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district near the Chhattisgarh border during a combing operation. Two officers sustained injuries. This incident follows another encounter in Chhattisgarh where nine Maoists, including a top leader from Telangana, were eliminated, indicating ongoing efforts to suppress left-wing extremism.

The past three weeks have seen a series of hits and misses on the part of West Bengal police, state government and the ruling Trinamool Congress in the aftermath of the doctor’s rape and murder.

The accused use to secure loans for his victims by using their Aadhaar and PAN cards and reaching out to a contact in Lucknow