Information About Incident 19814-33378-75959 in Chikmagalur India

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The Naxalite attack comes a few days after their top leader, Saketh Rajan alias Prem, was shot dead by police during an encounter along with another associate in the Chikamagalur district last week.

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• Meta Location: Chikamagalur
• Matched District: Chikmagalur
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: by police
• Subject: Saketh Rajan alias Prem ,

Context

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The police personnel were resting in their camp in a school building in an interior area after carrying out combing operations in the Naxalite-affected Pavagada division bordering the State of Andhra Pradesh when the bombs exploded, Karnataka s police chief, S N Borkar, told the Press Trust of India. "It is definitely the handiwork of Naxalites," he said. The Naxalite attack comes a few days after their top leader, Saketh Rajan alias Prem, was shot dead by police during an encounter along with another associate in the Chikamagalur district last week. Police suspect that the incident was in retaliation to the Chikamagalur operation.

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