Maoist leader killed in Orissa

A Maoist leader was shot dead in an encounter with the police at a jungle in Orissa's Keonjhar district early on Saturday.

The Maoist identified as as Sunil alias Rahul, the 'second-in-command' of the Maoist's 'Kalinga Nagar division' was killed when the Keonjhar-Jajpur District Voluntary Force (DVF) raided a camp at Sapua forest in Pandapada police station area, Keonjhar SP Asish Kumar Singh said.

A revolver, a country-made gun, Maoist literature and mobile chargers were recovered from a bag at the encounter site, Singh said.
Some materials looted from the Daitari police station were also seized, he said.