Background
Ganapathy was born to Gopal Rao at Beerpur village in Sarangapur mandal in Karimnagar district of Telangana.
Ganapathy was born to Gopal Rao at Beerpur village in Sarangapur mandal in Karimnagar district of Telangana.
He is a science graduate and also holds a Bachelor of Education degree. He worked as teacher in Karimnagar district but deserted his job to pursue higher education in Warangal. In Warangal, Ganapathy came in touch with the Maoist cadres Nalla Adi Reddy and Kondapalli Seetharamaiah, and eventually he also decided to join the naxalite movement in the country.
Other than Ganapathy he is known by several other aliases viz MupallaLakshmanRao, Shrinivas, Rajanna, Raji Reddy, Radhakrishna, General Practice, Chandrasekhar, Azith and CS.
Ganapathy is one of the most wanted persons by the Indian security forces for his role in several naxal activities.
National Investigation Agency has announced an award of ₹ 1,500,000 for any information leading to his arrest. Total bounty on his head is highest in India, which is ₹ 36,000,000.
He was one of the early members of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People"s War (People"s War Group) and grew as General Secretary of the party that is now called as Communist Party of India (Maoist), an output of the merger of People"s War Group and Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI) that took place in 2004.