VISHAKHAPATNAM/NEW DELHI: Senior Maoist chief Gajarla Ravi alias Uday, member of CPI(Maoist) central committee (CC), was killed by Andhra Pradesh police on Wednesday in an encounter in Alluri Sitarama Raju district of the state. Together with his neutralisation, the whole energy of the CC has shrunk to 13, together with the 4 remaining politburo members, report Siva G & Bharti Jain.Two different senior Naxal leaders – state zonal committee member Ravi Venka Chaitanya alias Aruna and space committee member Anju – had been additionally eradicated. Aruna is spouse of one other slain CC member Ramachandra Reddy Pratap Reddy alias Chalapathi, who was killed by the anti-Naxal forces in Chhattisgarh in Jan. Gajarla Ravi is the fifth CC member to be neutralised this 12 months. Ravi was killed in an encounter between Maredumilli and Rampachodavaram areas in ASR district. Ravi and Aruna carried rewards of Rs 25 lakh and Rs 20 lakh respectively, and had been accused of a number of killings in AP and Odisha.