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Udupi: Naxal leader Vikram Gowda was cremated at his ancestral home in Kudlu village of Hebri Taluk on Monday. His brother Suresh Gowda performed the last rites with close family members, including his sister Suguna, and some villagers attending the ceremony. The cremation, conducted amidst tight security, marked the end of a 21-year chapter of separation between Vikram Gowda and …

UDUPI: Through the network of local informants, the most-wanted naxal of Karnataka, Vikram Gowda, was eliminated by ANF team in an encounter in Pithubail, Nadpalu village of Hebri taluk of Udupi district on Monday night. A local resident who has a business in Mudradi, a downhill village of Western Ghats told TNIE that Vikram Gowda did not have any support …

Udupi: Vikram Gowda, one of Karnataka’s top Naxal leaders, was killed in an encounter with the Anti-Naxal Force on Monday evening at Kabbinale, close to his native village Nadpal. Vikram gradually became deeply involved in Naxal activities, eventually rising to prominence alongside leaders like BG Krishnamurthy. Menasinahadya Encounter : Naxal leader Saketrajan alias Prem and his associate Shivalingu alias Arun …

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Fugitive on the run for 20 years, Naxal leader killed in Udupi encounter

Naxal leader Vikram Gowda, wanted for over 20 years, was killed in an encounter with the Anti-Naxal Force at Kabbinale forest, Udupi district in Karnataka, on Monday. Sources said that the ANF and Udupi police personnel went to a place near Hebri taluk on a tip off that about five armed Maoists had arrived to collect groceries. Acting on a …

Notorious Naxal leader Vikram Gowda killed in encounter in Udupi village

UDUPI: In an ongoing operation by the anti-naxal force, notorious Naxal leader Vikram Gowda was encountered in Idu village in Karkala taluk of Udupi district in Karnataka on Monday night. It is said that during the encounter on Monday night, three other naxalites escaped and combing operations have been intensified in the Western Ghat areas near Karkala and Hebri. In …

10 yrs later, Naxal activities reappear in Udupi, Malnad?

CHIKKAMAGALURU: Naxal activities have quietly reappeared in parts of Udupi district, after being off the grid for over a decade. Naxals used to organise ‘Red Salute’ programmes to remember their leader Saketh Rajan, who was killed by the police in an encounter at Menasinahadya near Kalasa in the wee hours of February 6, 2005. There are four ANF camps in …