A “dreaded” naxal was shot dead by Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) near Eedu village in Karkala taluk of this district, official sources said on Tuesday.

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

Naxal leader Vikram Gowda, wanted for two decades, was killed by the Anti-Naxal Force in Udupi's Kabbinale forest during a combing operation. According to the ANF, this is a first reported Maoist encounter in Udupi district.

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 development, the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) of the Karnataka Police neutralised Vikram Gowda, a fugitive Naxal leader, during a gunfight in the Kabbinale forest of Udupi district late Monday.

Vikram Gowda, killed in an alleged encounter with the Anti Naxal Force (ANF) commandos late on Monday night, was a class 4 dropout from the tribal Malekudiya community, who grew to be a prominent Maoist leader.

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.

In first such operation in the southern state in 13 years, the ANF of the Karnataka police gunned down senior Maoist leader Vikram Gowda during an encounter in the Kabbinale forests of Udupi district

Subbe Gowda and Rathnamma of Kadegundi in Koppa taluk of Chikkamagaluru, have been living in fear and under intense scrutiny ever since four suspected Maoists came knocking on their doors on November 9.