He completed his MTech, from Andhra University College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam and became a leader of the Radical Students Union which was a breeding ground for many Naxalites.
[6][7] Rajkumar then joined the People's War Group on whose behalf he used negotiate arms deals and training in handling of weapons and explosives and he went underground.
[10] On 1 July 2010, Rajkumar was killed by the Andhra Pradesh Police in Jogapur forest area near Sarkapalli in Adilabad district of the state, near the border with Maharashtra.
[7] Pandey's wife and Swami Agnivesh had filed a petition in the court, seeking an independent probe into the encounter killing.
The bench agreed to the plea of advocate Prashant Bhushan that he be allowed to go through the final report of the CBI which held the incident as a genuine encounter."
[12][13] The Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun released a statement for the death of Azad, said that were an "example for the class struggle in the world".