Chemkuri Azad Rajkumar

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Azad’s body with bullet wound during post-mortem
Former Janashakti leader Amar POW women wing Sandhya and other women wing leaders consoling mother of Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad who was killed in a fake encounte...

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Gaddar singing at Azads last journey at punjagutta crematory while Kalyan ram,Varavara rao sandhya and others are seen.

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Kalyanram. Varavara rao and other sympathisers at Naxal leader Azads remains at punjagutta crematory.

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No closure yet At Azad’s funeral

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Azad’s younger brother Ramana

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Silent knight Gadar singing at Azad’s funeral at Punjagutta

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Chemkuri ‘Azad’ Rajkumar, CPI (Maoist) No. 2 and its pro-talks man, is shot dead in an ‘encounter’ in Adilabad, AP. An MTech, he was active since the ’70s.

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The Hole In The Heart

The SC pulls up the Centre, Andhra Pradesh on the Azad ‘encounter’ death

Jan 31, 2011

| Saikat Datta Madhavi Tata
The Magic-Realistic Slaughter Of Azad

Writing of the death of comrades, Cherukuri Rajkumar foretold his own

Jan 31, 2011

| Amit Bhaduri
The Trickledown Revolution

The answer lies not in the excesses of capitalism or communism. It could well spring from our subaltern depths.

Sep 20, 2010

| Arundhati Roy
“We’re With The Report Filed By The State. People Can Say Anything.”

Union home secretary on the killing of Maoist ideologue Azad.

Sep 13, 2010

| Chandrani Banerjee
Shoot And Shut Up

Despite the reports that Azad was killed in cold blood, the State feigns innocence

Sep 13, 2010

| Anuradha Raman Saikat Datta
No Point-Blank Justice

Jurists say ‘encounters’ must be investigated by an independent agency. But no law makes this binding.

Sep 06, 2010

| Anuradha Raman
Mountain Of Lies

Azad’s kin allege it was no ordinary encounter

Sep 06, 2010

| Madhavi Tata
Holes In The Dark

Even a cursory examination of the FIR, post-mortem and inquest reports of Azad’s death throw up disturbing questions

Sep 06, 2010

| Outlook
Death By An Inch... Lies By The Mile

Will Azad become Congress’s Sohrabuddin? His post-mortem suggests he was killed in cold blood.

Sep 06, 2010

| Saikat Datta
The Trip Meter

Expectations were sky-high when P. Chidambaram took over from Shivraj Patil against the dark backdrop of 26/11. But...

Aug 02, 2010

| Smruti Koppikar Saba Naqvi Saikat Datta Madhavi Tata Pranay Sharma

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Talking To Maoists

After the brutal murder of Azad, is there any hope for well-meaning routine calls for “dialogue” and “peace talks”? What can the "civil society" do as a serious, real intervention?

Aug 04, 2011

| Nirmalangshu Mukherji
'It Is A Cold Blooded Murder By AP Police'

The Maoists issue a press-statement vowing to "take vengeance" for the killings of "Azad (Cherukuri Rajkumar) and com. Hem Pandey".

Jul 04, 2010

| CPI (Maoist)
Arms Over People

Why should the most deprived sections have to lose their lives -- or live miserably -- because of the evil designs of a handful of top Maoist leaders? Examining the myth of Maoists concern for tribal welfare.

May 19, 2010

| Nirmalangshu Mukherji
Heading For A Bloodbath

Both sides -- the Maoists and the State -- are waging a dirty war. Between 'the violence of the oppressed' and an often brutal state, a powerful intervention spelling out a practical basis for a durable ceasefire remains elusive.

Apr 22, 2010

| Rohini Hensman
'Living In A Fool's Paradise'

'Will all those, who write 33-page articles, be allowed to write 33-page articles? Will there be a magazine to publish a 33-page article?' asks the home minister as he reveals that the government is examining whether "special forces" and "aircraft c

Apr 19, 2010

| P. Chidambaram
Blind Destinies

The decisions of outside forces will overwhelmingly determine, as they have for centuries now, the trajectory of violence and the receding possibilities of peace in South Asia

Mar 22, 2010

| Ajai Sahni