Kabir alias Sodi Soma said that while the killing of Karma was celebrated by Maoist supporters, the scale of the massacre triggered internal debate.

According to police, an EcoSport car bearing registration number AP31 DT 4899 was travelling at high speed and lost control near Mirzaguda Gate in Chevella. The car then hit the road divider and rammed a tree.

Noted ecologist Madhav Gadgil, known for his work on the Western Ghats, has passed away in Pune after a brief illness, family sources said on Thursday.