Hyderabad: Freedom fighter and CPI leader K Rami Reddy passed away in his native Nalgonda district of Telangana on Tuesday. He was 96. He died due to old-age related ailments, CPI sources said here. He is survived by wife, three sons and three daughters, they said. Reddy had participated in the freedom movement and also the Telangana Armed Struggle and was incarcerated for three years at a jail in Jalna in 1949. He is a recipient of Freedom Fighter's Tamrapatra (certificate).