Narayanpur (Chhattisgarh) May 23, 2025 (ANI): IG Bastar P Sundarraj confirmed that top Naxal leader Basava Raju, killed in an encounter with DRG jawans in Chhattisgarh’s Abujhmad forest, played a key role in the group’s military operations. He revealed that Naxals had received training and shared technology with various militant outfits, including the LTTE, and that Raju was instrumental as both general secretary and military commission head."...They used to take training from many militant and insurgency groups - even the LTTE's name came to light, they also shared some technology. Basava Raju was the general secretary and also the in charge of the military commission and hence he has the role in all the military actions of the organisation..," said IG Bastar P Sundarraj on Naxal leader Basava Raju, who was killed in the encounter with DRG jawans in the forest area of Abujhmad in Narayanpur
