Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Wednesday said Maoist leader Vikram Gowda, who was shot dead in an alleged encounter with the Anti-Naxal Force, was carrying "deadly" weapons, and rejected calls for a probe into the killing. The Minister noted that there have been calls from some quarters demanding a probe into Gowda's killing, but pointed out that there were …
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 …
