Nilambur incident was a firefight between the Thunderbolts commando force of the

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and members of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) group. The incident took place on 24 November 2016 in the forests of Nilambur. Kuppusamy alias Kuppu Devaraj, a Central Committee member hailing from

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, and Ajita alias Kaveri were killed after a prolonged gun fight. Devaraj was a wanted person and a reward of Rs 7 lakh and Rs 10 lakh was announced by

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and

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state governments for his arrest.

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