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Sudhakar, a senior chief of the banned CPI (Maoist) and a central committee member (CCM) had taken half in peace talks with the Andhra Pradesh authorities 21 years in the past
After the encounter, safety forces recovered a physique together with an AK-47 rifle, arms, ammunition, and explosives, and later recognized it as Sudhakar
After the encounter, safety forces recovered a physique together with an AK-47 rifle, arms, ammunition, and explosives, and later recognized it as Sudhakar — one of many highest-ranking Maoist leaders working in central India, who carried a bounty of ₹1 crore.
Born in Pragadavaram village of Chintalapudi mandal in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru district (previously West Godavari), Tentu Lakshmi Narasimha Chalam alias Goutham alias Sudhakar studied at CR Reddy College in Eluru and later enrolled in an Ayurvedic medication course in Vijayawada, which he finally left to hitch the Maoist motion.
Over the years, he climbed the ranks, serving as secretary of the Andhra-Odisha border particular zonal committee (AOBSZC) from 2001 to 2003. He was promoted to the CPI (Maoist)’s central committee in 2021 and was in command of the celebration’s core ideological coaching unit, often known as RePOS (Revolutionary Political School).
Sudhakar’s spouse, Kakarala Guru Smruthi alias Budri alias Samatha, can be a senior Maoist cadre and is at the moment believed to be working within the Mobile Political School (MoPOS).
Police sources stated that for the final 17 years, Sudhakar operated largely from the Abujhmad area of Bastar, overseeing the celebration’s ideological indoctrination programmes and managing high-level strategic communications inside the celebration.
As per police information, he was concerned in a number of violent incidents in Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and is called in at the very least 4 critical felony circumstances throughout Sileru, Makkuva, Elwinpeta, and Annavaram police jurisdictions, starting from homicide and dacoity to make use of of explosives and illegal meeting.
Sudhakar’s killing comes simply two weeks after CPI (Maoist) basic secretary Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju was gunned down in Narayanpur. With Sudhakar’s demise, safety businesses consider the Maoist motion in central India has suffered one other main ideological and organisational blow.
Inspector basic of police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj P, confirmed the id of the deceased and termed it a major success. “Sudhakar was not only a senior commander but also the ideological mentor for new recruits. His elimination will disrupt their internal structure and morale,” the IG stated.
