Bijapur: A Samajwadi Party (SP) leader was abducted and killed by the Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Wednesday.
The Naxalites stopped the relatives, who came to fetch the body, refused to hand over the same, after which the latter approached Bijapur MLA Vikram Mandavi for help.
"Santosh Punem, who was also a contractor, was abducted by the Naxals on late Tuesday evening from his construction site in Marimalla village, where he had gone to supervise some road-related work," Superintendent of Police Divyang Patel said.
Punem last year contested the state Assembly polls from Bijapur seat on the SP's ticket.
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