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	'''Cherukuri Rajkumar''' (alias '''Azad''') (1952 – 1 July 2010) was the spokesperson and one of the seniormost members of the Central Politburo of the banned [[Maoism\|Maoist]] group [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Top Maoist shot dead by Andhra police\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/top-maoist-shot-dead-by-andhra-police/641375/0\|work=[[The Indian Express]]\|date=2 July 2010\|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Fact-finding team on Azad's killing to submit its final report today\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Fact-finding-team-on-Azads-killing-to-submit-its-final-report-today/articleshow/6709872.cms?referral=PM\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=8 October 2010\|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Rights activists' final report demand judicial probe into Azad's killing\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rights-activists-final-report-demand-judicial-probe-into-Azads-killing/articleshow/6716736.cms?referral=PM\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=9 October 2010\|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> On 1 July 2010, he was killed by [[Andhra Pradesh Police]] in an encounter.		'''Cherukuri Rajkumar''' (alias '''Azad''') (1952 – 1 July 2010) was the spokesperson and one of the seniormost members of the Central Politburo of the banned [[Maoism\|Maoist]] group [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Top Maoist shot dead by Andhra police\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/top-maoist-shot-dead-by-andhra-police/641375/0\|work=[[The Indian Express]]\|date=2 July 2010\|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Fact-finding team on Azad's killing to submit its final report today\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Fact-finding-team-on-Azads-killing-to-submit-its-final-report-today/articleshow/6709872.cms?referral=PM\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=8 October 2010\|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Rights activists' final report demand judicial probe into Azad's killing\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rights-activists-final-report-demand-judicial-probe-into-Azads-killing/articleshow/6716736.cms?referral=PM\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=9 October 2010\|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> On 1 July 2010, he was killed by [[Andhra Pradesh Police]] in an encounter.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2016-02-29\|title=Days and nights in the forest: 23 days with the Maoists in Chhattisgarh\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/days-and-nights-in-the-forest-23-days-with-the-maoists-in-chhattisgharh/\|access-date=2021-12-18\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Rajkumar was born in [[Krishna district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He completed his school education from [[Sainik School, Korukonda\|Sainik School Korukonda]]<ref>{{cite web\|title=It Is A Cold Blooded Murder By AP Police\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266136\|publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)\|Outlook]]\|date=4 July 2010\|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> and graduated from [[Regional Engineering College, Warangal]], the fountainhead of Left ideology in Andhra in the 1970s. He completed his MTech, from [[Andhra University College of Engineering]], Visakhapatnam and became a leader of the [[Radical Students Union]] which was a breeding ground for many [[Naxalites]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-03/hyderabad/28299824_1_azad-media-hype-rtc\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103220753/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-03/hyderabad/28299824_1_azad-media-hype-rtc\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=3 November 2012\|title=Azad, a man with an adventurous streak\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=3 July 2010\|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref name=IEJ10 />		Rajkumar was born in [[Krishna district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He completed his school education from [[Sainik School, Korukonda\|Sainik School Korukonda]]<ref>{{cite web\|title=It Is A Cold Blooded Murder By AP Police\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266136\|publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)\|Outlook]]\|date=4 July 2010\|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> and graduated from [[Regional Engineering College, Warangal]], the fountainhead of Left ideology in Andhra in the 1970s. He completed his MTech, from [[Andhra University College of Engineering]], [[Visakhapatnam]] and became a leader of the [[Radical Students Union]] which was a breeding ground for many [[Naxalites]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-03/hyderabad/28299824_1_azad-media-hype-rtc\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103220753/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-03/hyderabad/28299824_1_azad-media-hype-rtc\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=3 November 2012\|title=Azad, a man with an adventurous streak\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=3 July 2010\|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref name=IEJ10 />

	==Naxal activities==		==Naxal activities==

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| honorific_suffix = Comrade
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| birth_place = [[Krishna district]], Andhra Pradesh, India
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| death_place = Sarkapalli, [[Adilabad district]]
| death_cause = Encounter
| nationality = Indian
| other_names = Azad
| occupation = Maoist spokersperson and militant
|organization = [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]]
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'''Cherukuri Rajkumar''' (alias '''Azad''') (1952 – 1 July 2010) was the spokesperson and one of the seniormost members of the Central Politburo of the banned [[Maoism|Maoist]] group [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Maoist shot dead by Andhra police|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/top-maoist-shot-dead-by-andhra-police/641375/0|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=2 July 2010|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fact-finding team on Azad's killing to submit its final report today|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Fact-finding-team-on-Azads-killing-to-submit-its-final-report-today/articleshow/6709872.cms?referral=PM|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=8 October 2010|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rights activists' final report demand judicial probe into Azad's killing|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rights-activists-final-report-demand-judicial-probe-into-Azads-killing/articleshow/6716736.cms?referral=PM|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=9 October 2010|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> On 1 July 2010, he was killed by [[Andhra Pradesh Police]] in an encounter.

==Early life==
Rajkumar was born in [[Krishna district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He completed his school education from [[Sainik School, Korukonda|Sainik School Korukonda]]<ref>{{cite web|title=It Is A Cold Blooded Murder By AP Police|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266136|publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|date=4 July 2010|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> and graduated from [[Regional Engineering College, Warangal]], the fountainhead of Left ideology in Andhra in the 1970s. He completed his MTech, from [[Andhra University College of Engineering]], Visakhapatnam and became a leader of the [[Radical Students Union]] which was a breeding ground for many [[Naxalites]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-03/hyderabad/28299824_1_azad-media-hype-rtc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103220753/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-03/hyderabad/28299824_1_azad-media-hype-rtc|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2012|title=Azad, a man with an adventurous streak|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=3 July 2010|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref name=IEJ10 />

==Naxal activities==
Rajkumar then joined the [[People's War Group]] on whose behalf he used negotiate arms deals and training in handling of weapons and explosives and he went underground. But cases of threat and intimidation apart, he did not have a police record in Andhra Pradesh. After Maoist parties merged to form the CPI (Maoist), he had been handling mostly political affairs of the party. Rajkumar was underground for 30 years and assumed several aliases including Madhav, Gangadhar, Madhu and Uday.<ref name=IEJ10>{{cite news|title=Top Naxal Azad shot dead by Andhra police|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/top-naxal-azad-shot-dead-by-andhra-police/641755/0|accessdate=12 April 2014|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=30 July 2010}}</ref> He was an ideologue who had specialised in field-craft as well. Azad was arrested in 1975 and 1978 and jumped bail, carrying a reward of Rs. 1.2 million on his head.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Maoist killed in A.P.|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article496686.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date= 2 July 2010|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Maoist call to protest "dual stand" of government|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/article500187.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date= 5 July 2010|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> He went underground in 1979. He was an accused in the killing of Congress legislator C Narsi Reddy along with 10 others in Mahbubnagar district on 15 August 2005. Apart from being the central committee member, he was also the member of the politburo, the highest policy making body of the organisation.<ref name=rediff10>{{cite news|title=HC turns down slain Naxal leader's mother's plea|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/top-maoist-leader-killed-in-andhra/20100702.htm|accessdate=12 April 2014|newspaper=Rediff News|date=2 July 2010}}</ref>

==Encounter==
On 1 July 2010, Rajkumar was killed by the [[Andhra Pradesh]] Police in Jogapur forest area near Sarkapalli in [[Adilabad district]] of the state, near the border with [[Maharashtra]]. He was killed along with few others including journalist Hemchandra Pandey. Police also recovered an AK-47, a 9 mm pistol and rucksacks with food. As per the police the encounter started at around 10 pm on 30 June 2010 and continued till 3.30 am, the next day and that 20 Maoists were involved in the exchange of fire.<ref name=IEJ10 /> Maoist sympathiser Vara Vara Rao filed a petition in the [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]]. However the High Court rejected the petition.<ref name=IEJ10 /> Pandey's wife and [[Swami Agnivesh]] had filed a petition in the court, seeking an independent probe into the encounter killing. The [[Supreme Court of India]] had ordered for a [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] probe in April 2011 and CBI in March 2012, submitted the probe report before the Supreme Court terming the encounter as genuine and giving a clean chit to Andhra Pradesh police.<ref name=TOI17312>{{cite news|title=CPI (Maoist) leader Azad killed in genuine encounter: CBI tells Supreme Court|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/CPI-Maoist-leader-Azad-killed-in-genuine-encounter-CBI-tells-Supreme-Court/articleshow/12301051.cms|accessdate=12 April 2014|newspaper=The Times of India|date=17 March 2012}}</ref> Finally on 16 March 2012, after going through the report, Supreme Court concluded that the encounter was not a fake encounter.<ref name=ibn12>{{cite news|title=Maoist leader Azad's encounter was genuine: SC|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/maoist-leader-azads-encounter-was-genuine-sc/239854-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319063951/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/maoist-leader-azads-encounter-was-genuine-sc/239854-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 March 2012|accessdate=12 April 2014|newspaper=IBN 7|date=16 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=rediff10 />

Court observed ''"They (the CBI) have done a painstaking and thorough investigation," the bench said. "We have carefully gone through the sequence of events." It said that prima facie it does not appear to be a fake encounter. '"I went through the report very carefully,"'' Justice Alam said. The bench agreed to the plea of advocate [[Prashant Bhushan]] that he be allowed to go through the final report of the CBI which held the incident as a genuine encounter. Court rejected the plea for fresh investigation.<ref name=ibn12 /><ref name=sciorder>{{cite web|title=Writ Petition (Crl) No.1 of 2011 [Bineeta Pandey v. Union of India and another]|url=http://courtnic.nic.in/supremecourt/temp/wr%20111p.txt|publisher=Supreme Court of India|accessdate=12 April 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.icawpi.org International Campaign Against War on the People in India]
* Azad, [http://www.bannedthought.net/India/CPI-Maoist-Docs/Books/Azad_Book.pdf 'Maoists in India: Writings & Interviews'], edited by Friends of Azad, 2010.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150613074112/http://www.tehelka.com/are-we-living-in-a-state-that-mouths-peace-but-shoots-its-messengers/ Are We Living In A State That Mouths Peace But Shoots Its Messengers?], ''[[Tehelka]]''
* [http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/00103/Edited_text_of_12_2_103996a.pdf An exclusive interview to The Hindu by Azad, spokesperson of the Communist Party of India (Maoist)], ''[[The Hindu]]''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150610221717/http://www.tehelka.com/the-third-letter-the-maoist-and-the-undelivered-missive-azads-death-is-no-mans-peace/ THE THIRD LETTER: The Maoist And The Undelivered Missive. Azad’s Death Is No Man’s Peace], ''[[Tehelka]]''

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