| Varkapur Chandramouli | |
| Death Place: | Gudem Kotha Veedhi, Andhra Pradesh |
| Nationality: | Indian |
Varkapur Chandramouli (? — 27 December 2006) alias Devanna was an Indian Maoist leader and Central Committee member of Communist Party of India (Maoist)[1]
Chandramouli hails from Vadukapur, Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. He joined in Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War Group in student life and involved with Left-wing politics for two decades. After the formation of CPI (Maoist) in 2004 he joined the party and became the member of Central Committee as well as Central Military Commission.[2] Chandramouli was the head of the Eastern division of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army and also the secretary of Andhra Orissa Border (AOB) Special Zonal Committee.[3] Number of cases of kidnapping and abduction of IAS officers were pending against him and a reward of 10 lakh rupees was upon his head. Chandramouli was known as Devanna alias Naveen inside the Party.[4]
It is reported that on 27 December 2006, Chandramouli and his comrades were moving in the forest near Panasapally village of Visakhapatnam district. They were challenged by police and after a gun battle Chandramouli and his wife Jyothakka alias Devakka were killed.[5] Revolutionary Telugu balladeer and Poet Gaddar and some Human rights activists alleged that they were murdered in a fake encounter and asked for judicial inquiry of it.[6]