India Says Top Maoist Rebel Killed in ‘Major Breakthrough’

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Indian security forces killed a top Maoist rebel leader, Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah said, calling it a “major breakthrough” in the nation’s decades-long fight against the left-wing extremism.