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{{Infobox military person
|name=K. Prasad Babu
|honorific_suffix=[[Ashoka Chakra Award|AC]]
|birth_name=Karanam Leela Venkat Srihari Naga Varaprasad
|image=K Prasad Babu.jpg
|birth_date={{circa|1981}}<ref name=ndtv>{{cite news|last1=Tanima Biswas|title=Ashok Chakra for Andhra Pradesh's braveheart cop, who died fighting Maoists|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ashok-chakra-for-andhra-pradesh-s-braveheart-cop-who-died-fighting-maoists-475651|accessdate=1 June 2014|newspaper=NDTV|date=26 January 2014}}</ref>
|death_date={{Death date|df=yes|2013|4|17|}}
|birth_place= Marturu village, [[Visakhapatnam district]]<ref name=thehindu>{{cite news|title=Posthumous Ashok Chakra for Greyhounds Inspector|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/posthumous-ashok-chakra-for-greyhounds-inspector/article5620865.ece|accessdate=1 June 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=26 January 2014}}</ref><ref name=eenaduyoutube>{{cite web|title=Brave AP Police Inspector Late Prasad Babu selected for Ashokchakra|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k-7X11RSI4&list=PL2c6PjZ9yarpaDLXxGlI0v11lQ-fbhI-n&index=1|publisher=Eenadu Official Youtube Portal|accessdate=27 May 2014|date=14 August 2013}}</ref>
|death_place= [[Andhra Pradesh]] - [[Chhattisgarh]] border
|placeofburial=
|allegiance={{flag|India}}
|branch= [[Greyhounds (police)|Greyhounds]] special operations division of [[Andhra Pradesh Police]]
|serviceyears=2004 - 2013<ref name=eenaduyoutube/>
|rank= [Inspector] <br> Deputy-Assault Commander
|unit=
|awards=[[Ashok Chakra Award|Ashoka Chakra]] (posthumous)
}}

'''KLVSNV Prasad Babu''' [[Ashoka Chakra Award|AC]] (1981 – 17 April 2013) was an Indian police officer belonging to the [[Greyhounds (Police)|Greyhounds]] special operations group of the [[Andhra Pradesh Police]]. In 2013 he was posthumously awarded the [[Ashok Chakra Award|Ashoka Chakra]], India's highest peacetime gallantry award, after he played a vital role in the death of nine [[Maoists]] and helped save the lives of four officers.

Babu is the first-ever police officer from [[Andhra Pradesh]] to be awarded the Ashoka Chakra, which is usually conferred on soldiers.

== Personal life ==
Prasad Babu was born in 1981 at Marturu, [[Visakhapatnam district]], to Karanam Venkata Ramana Naidu and Satyavati.<ref name=thenewindianexpress/> His full name is Karanam Leela Venkat Srihari Naga Varaprasad. His father Ramana is a retired [[circle inspector]] in the [[Andhra Pradesh Police]].<ref name=eenaduyoutube/>

== Police career ==
Prasad Babu joined the Andhra Pradesh Police service in 2004 and was later transferred to the elite Greyhounds division. Prasad was the in-charge officer of the Greyhounds unit deployed at the Andhra Pradesh - Chhattisgarh state border.<ref name=abnyoutube>{{cite web|title=V. Prasad Babu getting the Ashoka Chakra award : pranab mukherjee|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5CKy4j6QtU&list=PL2c6PjZ9yarpaDLXxGlI0v11lQ-fbhI-n&index=3|publisher=ABN Official Youtube Channel|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref>

On 16 April 2013, a group of 70 Maoists ambushed the Greyhounds unit and bombed it. Prasad Babu led the retaliating team and played a key role in killing nine top ranked attackers and injuring others in two encounters. The police were being evacuated back by helicopters when about hundred men started attacking the helicopter. The helicopter had already performed 5 sorties and only 19 of the police were left to be evacuated. 14 of them boarded the aircraft while 5 of them including Babu stayed and provided cover.<ref name=thehindu/><ref name=dc/>

However, as the helicopter left, more Maoists arrived and started surrounding Babu and others. Babu asked the other four policemen to leave south to a safe place while he handled about 200 of the militants. He was then caught by them and was tortured to death.<ref name=eenaduyoutube/><ref name=abnyoutube/>

Overall, he played a vital role in the death of nine [[Maoists]] and helped save the lives of four officers.<ref name=dc>{{cite news|title=Posthumous Ashok Chakra to Andhra Pradesh's anti-Naxal unit cop|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140126/news-current-affairs/article/posthumous-ashok-chakra-andhra-pradeshs-anti-naxal-unit-cop|accessdate=27 May 2014|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|date=26 January 2014}}</ref>

==Ashok Chakra==
[[File:Pranab Mukherjee giving away the highest gallantry award Ashok Chakra to Shri K. Venkatraman father of the Reserve Inspector, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Shri K.L.V.S.S.H.N.V. Prasad Babu, (Posthumous).jpg|right|thumb|Prasad Babu's father receives the Ashok Chakra from president Pranab Mukherjee on 26 January 2014.]]
On 15 August 2013, he was nominated posthumously for Ashok Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award. The award was received on 26 January 2014 by his father Venkata Ramana Naidu from President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] in New Delhi.<ref name=thehindu/><ref name=thenewindianexpress/> Babu is the first-ever police officer from [[Andhra Pradesh]] to be awarded the Ashok Chakra, which is usually conferred on soldiers.<ref name=eenaduyoutube/><ref name=thenewindianexpress>{{cite news|last1=Mouli Mareedu|title=Ashok Chakra for Braveheart Inspector from AP|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Ashok-Chakra-for-Braveheart-Inspector-from-AP/2014/01/27/article2022128.ece|accessdate=1 June 2014|work=The New Indian Express|date=27 January 2014}}</ref>

The citation by the [[President of India]] during the awarding of the Ashok Chakra read:<ref name="dc"/>

:Shri Prasad Babu exhibited most conspicuous gallantry, exceptional devotion to duty and exemplary leadership in fighting the Maoists and made the supreme sacrifice.

==References==
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{{Ashoka Chakra award recipients}}

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