Top Maoist leader Ramkrishna passes away in Chhattisgarh Bhubaneswar News – Times of India

Visakhapatnam: CPI Maoist central committee leader akkiraju hargopali Surname Ramakrishna: According to sources, alias RK alias Saket has died in the forests of Chhattisgarh. He had a combined reward of Rs 1 crore on his head.
According to the news reaching here, Ramakrishna was running unwell for some time. It is not clear when the top MaoistA participant in peace talks with the undivided Andhra Pradesh government passed away in 2004. The nature of his illness is also not clear. However, the Maoists have not yet confirmed the death.
RK led the team of Naxalites Nallamala Forest for peace talks with the AP government in September of 2004. The 66-year-old Maoist hails from Tumrupeta in Guntur district.
As the main guiding force of the Red insurgents in the Andhra-Odisha border (AOB) areas, Ramakrishna became the main target of the security forces in AP and Odisha. He was injured in the Ramguda encounter on 24 October 2016 in which 31 Maoists and their sympathizers were killed. RK was actively involved in the reconstruction of the Maoist movement in AOB. He was suffering from health issues and his moment was confined to a particular pocket, the cut-off area of ​​Malkangiri district.
RK’s son Pridhvi alias Munna was killed in Ramguda encounter. RK was said to be suffering from diabetes, spondylolysis and arthritis. He shifted from Nallamala forest to AOB after inconclusive peace talks.
As a former Joint AP Secretary of the Maoist Party, RK was the main force in guiding the Reds. RK had escaped firing several times in his four-decade-long underground life.
His wife Kandula Nirmala alias Sirisha alias Padma was arrested along with six others from Dudri forest in 2010 when he tried to meet her. RK was the mastermind behind several ambushes and raids conducted by the banned outfit in both the states. He was also the head of the strategic area of ​​the Maoist base on the triangular Andhra, Odisha and Chhattisgarh states. RK was instrumental in the merger of PWG and MCCI and expanding its base in other areas.
He was one of the accused in the 2003 attack on former Chief Minister N Handarababu Naidu in Alipiri, the 2008 Balimela ambush in which 37 Greyhound personnel were killed, Daggubati Chenchu ​​Ramaiah, father-in-law of former Union Minister D Purandeswari. , and the kidnapping of the Malkangiri collector, besides several actions. The NIA had also listed him in several cases.

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