The identities of the 27 Naxals killed in the Chhattisgarh encounter have been revealed. Among them were several top Naxals with bounties on their heads, including Basavaraj, who carried the highest reward of Rs 10 crore. New Delhi: A total of 27 Naxals were killed on May 21 during an encounter between security forces and Naxals as part of the biggest operation undertaken this year against left-wing extremists in the forest area of Abujhmad in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district. The offensive, codenamed ‘Operation Kagar’, involved as many as 20,000 troops and was led by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) along with units of Chhattisgarh Police. The security forces also recovered a huge amount of explosives, weapon-making factories and other logistical items of the ultras from their possession.  As per a senior police official, Naxals killed in the encounter were identified as dreaded cadres carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 3.33 crore in the state. During the operation, the security forces also killed Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju, the general secretary of the outlawed Communist Party of …