RK dies almost 17 years after he stepped into Hyderabad to hold talks with Govt

Manjeera guest house hosted top naxal leadership

It may be a coincidence of sorts that Akkiraju Haragopal alias Ramakrishna alias RK, the top Maoist leader, who died due to prolonged illness in Chhattisgarh on Thursday, accompanied by gun totting personal guards and fellow comrades, drove out from the high security Manjeera Guest House in Greenlands on this day exactly 17 years ago after holding talks with the then Congress Government headed by late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

After a dramatic appearance from the dense Nallamala forests in the night of October 11, 2004 at Chinna Arutla village in Prakasam district, RK, then CPI(ML) People’s War Group’s AP State Committee Secretary carrying an AK-47 slung across his shoulder along with his aides all in camouflaged uniforms arrived to a rousing welcome. RK and his team handed over their weapons to their comrades and later proceeded to address an impressive public meeting at Guthikonda Belum in Guntur district well past midnight. After that they drove into Hyderabad in the early hours for their stay at the state-run Manjeera Guest House.