Vikram Gowda, a key Naxal leader who had been absconding for over two decades, was shot dead during an encounter with the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) in the Western Ghats on Monday. The incident occurred during a police operation to apprehend Naxal operatives in the region.

Speaking on anti-naxal encounter, Udupi IG Roopa Divakar Moudgil on November 19 informed that Naxal leader Vikram Gowda was killed in an encounter. “One dreaded Naxal, Vikram Gowda, is dead. There were skirmishes and the police opened

In a significant operation, the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) shot dead notorious Naxal leader Vikram Gowda during a combing operation near Eedu village in Karkala taluk. Gowda, a key figure in Naxalite activities for over 20 years in southern India,

Vikram Gowda, a notorious Naxalite leader wanted in over 80 cases in Karnataka and Kerala, was killed in an encounter with police in a remote village

Udupi: In a major breakthrough for anti-Naxal operations, Vikram Gowda, alias Srikanth (46), Karnataka’s most wanted Naxal leader, was killed in an encounter with the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF)

He is an accused in the murder of Sadashiva Gowda who Maoists suspected to be a police informer. Sadashiva was kidnapped and murdered near Kabbinale in Hebri on December 19, 2011.

In a significant breakthrough, the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) of Karnataka Police neutralised Vikram Gowda, a fugitive Naxal leader, in a late-night encounter on Monday in the Kabbinale forest region of Udupi district.

According to police sources, Vikram Gowda was among a group of eight remaining underground Naxals from Karnataka.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said that three other people accompanying Naxal leader Vikram Gowda who was gunned down by Karnataka police i

Vikram Gowda, Karnataka’s most wanted Naxal leader, was killed in a gunfight with the Anti-Naxal Force in Udupi on8. Gowda, head of the Netravati wing of the Naxal movement, had been evading capture for years and was involved in multiple subversive activities across the state.