The Centre on Monday, denied reports that top Maoist leader Kishenji was killed in a fake encounter. Union Home Secretary R K Singh told reporters in New Delhi that the gun-battle in which he was killed, was genuine.

A joint team of CRPF and West Bengal Police killed Kishenji alias Mollajulla Koteswar Rao in a gunbattle in a forest in West Bengals' West Midnapore district on 24th of November.