Top Maoist leader RK dies at age 63 in Chhattisgarh forests

CPI (Maoists) central committee member Ramakrishna, known as RK, died at the age of 63. He was living an underground life somewhere in the deep forests of Chhattisgarh's South Bijapur.

In a big jolt to the banned CPI (Maoists) outfit, its central committee member Ramakrishna, who is also known as RK, died due to illness at the age of 63. He was living an underground life somewhere in the deep forests of Chhattisgarh's South Bijapur.

A native of Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, RK, whose original name was Akkiraju Hargopal, was born in 1958 and had briefly worked as a school teacher after graduation. His father was also a school headmaster.