Top Maoist leader Ramakrishna dead

Top Maoist leader carrying bounty of Rs 1 crore on his head dead in Chhattisgarh Forest

On Thursday, the top Maoist leader of CPI(ML) and Central Committee member of the party, Akkiraju Haragopal alias Ramakrishna aka RK is said to have died in the forests of Chhattisgarh. According to reports, he was unwell for a while. He had suffered a paralysis attack, was suffering from lung infection and had even contracted pneumonia.

He carried a bounty of Rs 1 crore on his head ever since he slipped the armed forces 4years ago. In 2016 during the shootout at Ramagyda 31 Maoists and their sympathizers were killed and he suffered a bullet injury on his leg. In 2010 his wife Kandula Nirmala was arrested in Dudari forest when she tried to meet him.

In 2003, RK was one of the accused responsible in the attack on former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at Alipiri, the Balimala ambush in 2008 in which 37 Greyhound special forces personnel were killed. He murdered Daggubati Chenchu Ramaiah, father-in-law of former Central Minister D Purandeswari  and was also responsible for Malkangiri collector’s kidnap.

He played a crucial role in the merger of PWG and MCCI and expanding its base to other regions. He was the chief of the strategic areas of Maoist’s base in the triangular border regions of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. In 2004, he led the Naxal team from the Nallamala forest for peace talks with the Andhra Pradesh government.