Amaravati: The Communist Party of India (Maoist) central committee member Tentu Lakshmi Narasimhachalam alias Sudhakar, 65, was killed during an encounter that broke out between the security personnel and Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Thursday, June 5, a Chhattisgarh police official said.
The exchange of fire started in a forest of the Indravati National Park when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Maoist operation following inputs about the presence of senior Maoist cadres, he said.
Sudhakar was among the Maoist delegation which held peace talks with the undivided Andhra Pradesh government in 2005.
A native of Pragadavaram village of Chintalapudi mandal in Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh, has been active in the revolutionary movement for the past 40 years. He has been carrying a reward of Rs 50 lakh on his head in different states.
The security forces recovered automatic rifles and explosives from the spot of the encounter.
Maoists declare Bharat Bandh on June 10
In their protest against the alleged extra-judicial killing of the Maoists, the Communist Party of India (Maoist), in a letter released earlier this week in the name of its central spokesperson Abhay, has announced a nationwide bandh on June 10.
Commemorating the sacrifices/killings of its members, the outlawed organisation has also announced that it will be holding various programmes from July 11 till August 3.
(with inputs from PTI)
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