Varanasi Subramanyam commonly known by his nom de guerre Sukanth alias Vimal is an Indian

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and Central Committee member of

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Career

Subramanyam hails from

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. He is the son of an eminent lawyer. He studied M.Com. and

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from

Andhra University Andhra University is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1926. It is graded as an A++ institution by NAAC receiving a score of 3.74 on a scale of 4. History King Vikram Deo Verma, the Mah ...

. Andhra Pradesh government had announced a cash reward of Rupees 12 lakh for Subramanyam's capture. He joined in the Central Committee in 2001 and helmed the outfit of International cell of the party after the arrest of Kobad Ghandy. Subramayam was entrusted with the responsibility of guiding the Delhi State Committee of

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. On 29 April 2011 Bihar Police and Special Task Force arrested seven people in Barsoi area of

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along with Varanasi Subramanyam and other two Central Committee Member Jhantu Mukherjee and Vijay Kumar Arya. According to the police, Subramanyam and two others are wanted in 17 cases of murder and criminal conspiracy in Andhra Pradesh,

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and

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. He is in special central jail in

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. In September 2011 Subramanyam in a letter to the Government official offered to donate his body for medical research institute only in

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