Chhattisgarh: Suspected Naxalites Kill Villager In Dantewada

Jairam Kashyap, the victim, was found strangled under the jurisdiction of the Malewahi police station, said Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) ?Sundarraj P. A group of Naxalites visited Kashyap's village on Thursday night and took him away, he said, adding that his body was recovered on Friday afternoon.

After being alerted about the incident, a police team rushed to the spot and the body was sent for post-mortem, the official said. The police also recovered a pamphlet from near the body. The pamphlet expressed suspicion that he was a police informer, another official said Kashyap was not a police informer, he said, adding that further investigation was underway.