Case of Naxal leader Vikram Gowda was scheduled in Karkala on Nov 20
Vikram Gowda was a native of Nadpalu village under Hebri Police Station limits in Udupi district of Karnataka.
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Maoist leader Vikram Gowda, alias Shrikant, who died in an encounter with police at Hebri in Udupi district of Karnataka on November 18, was among the nine Maoists accused in the murder of 50-year-old bamboo basket weaver Sadashiva Gowda in Hebri in December 2011. Maoists suspected Sadashiva Gowda to be a police informer. Sadashiva was kidnapped and murdered near Kabbinale in Hebri on December 19, 2011. The police found Sadashiva’s body with his hands tied to the trunk of a tree. Apart from Vikram Gowda, Pradeep alias Tungappa, John alias Jayanna, Mundagaru Latha ali...