Ambush expert against surrender: L Prabhakar Rao, Maoist leader killed in Gadchiroli?
Maoist leader L Prabhakar Rao, also known as Ravi, Swamy, and Chander, was a senior leader in the CPI (Maoist) hierarchy. He was killed in an operation by security forces along the Maharashtra-Telangana border. Rao was close to Maoist ideologue Mallojula Venugopal Rao, who surrendered last October. He was accused of leading several ambushes against security personnel.