Azad (Maoist)

Cherukuri Rajkumar
Comrade
Born
Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died
Sarkapalli, Adilabad district
Cause of deathEncounter
NationalityIndian
Other namesAzad
Occupation(s)Maoist spokesperson and militant
OrganizationCommunist Party of India (Maoist)
SpouseK. Padma
Parents
  • Rajaiah Chowdary (father)
  • Karuna (mother)
RelativesCherukuri Suresh

Cherukuri Anil Kumar

POW Sandhya (Maternal First Cousin)

Cherukuri Rajkumar (1952 – 1 July 2010), known by the alias Azad, was an Indian politician who was the spokesperson and one of the seniormost members of the Central Politburo of the banned Maoist group Communist Party of India (Maoist). On 1 July 2010, he was killed by Andhra Pradesh Police in an encounter.