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Hyderabad, June 22: Top Maoist leader Sande Raja Mouli alias Prasad was killed in an encounter with the police near Dharmavaram railway station in Anantapur district on Friday night. Mouli, 47, was a member of the CPI Maoist central committee and the central military commission. He is said to be the No.2 in the hierarchy after central committee secretary Mupalla Laxman Rao alias Ganapati.
A woman Maoist was killed in the encounter and another Maoist fled though he was injured. They were suspected to be Mouli’s protection team. The encounter took place at about 9 pm. According to Anantapur superintendent of police Stephen Ravindra a police party intercepted a group of three persons near the railway tracks near Dharmavaram railway station.
When police party tried to question them, the three persons started running and opened fire. The police opened fire in retaliation. When firing from the other side stopped, the police found one person dead at the site. He was later identified as Mouli. Mr Ravindra said there were 120 cases pending against Mouli and the government had announced a Rs 16 lakhs reward for his head.
Mouli was said to be the mastermind behind the Alipiri attack on then Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in 2003. Sources said that Tech Madhu, who was arrested for building rocket launchers, worked at the behest of Mouli. A former State committee secretary, Mouli came from Odela mandal in Karimnagar district. The encounter will hit the Maoists who have reeling after a series of high profile leaders were killed last year. According to police, Shakamuri Appa Rao is the only surviving member of the military commission.
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