The Communist Party of India (Maoist) said that Bade Chokka Rao, also called Damodar, was one of 17 Maoists who died in a fight on January 16th. Chokka Rao was a big leader for the Maoist group in the Telangana area for several years. He died in a forest area in Chhattisgarh after a clash with security forces.
This fight happened in a forest in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh. It was a battle between Maoist fighters and government security forces. Chokka Rao was an important person in the Maoist movement in the Telangana region. He had been a member of the group for a long time.
Chokka Rao was from a village in Telangana. The Maoist party has now confirmed that he died in the fight. His death is a big loss for the Maoist group. The exact details of what happened and why the fight started are still being looked into.