Maoist chief Vikram Gowda killed in Karnataka’s Udupi | Newest Information India

A police officer stated an anti-Maoist operation was launched after they had been tipped off concerning the presence of a five-member Maoist group at a village to buy every day requirements. He added Maoists attacked the police, which led to the alternate of gunfire. Gowda, the chief of the group, was killed on the spot whereas the others managed to flee.

Gowda was concerned in Maoist actions within the area. The operation that led to his dying was a part of an ongoing marketing campaign in opposition to rising Maoist exercise within the Western Ghats.

Maoist presence has been reported in components of Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada, particularly in Kadaba, Sullia taluks, and Chikkamagaluru. Three firearms had been recovered from a house after Maoist chief Mungaru Latha and her staff’s go to.

Maoists had been reported to have organised conferences in Koppa and Shringeri amid opposition to Forest Rights Act, and land acquisition for tasks.

On February 5, 2005, suspected Maoist Saketh Rajan was killed in Menasinahadya in Chikkamagaluru. The Maoists have since then been observing this present day because the “Purple Salute” day to honour his reminiscence. Rajan’s killing was a serious blow to the Maoists within the area.