Kondagaon:A man was killed by Naxalites in the Kondagaon district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday night, with his body being recovered in a forested area on Sunday morning by the police. As per information, the murder was committed due to the suspicion of the victim being a police informant. The deceased was identified as Soma Mandavi, a 35-year-old resident of Tondaberapara in the Adwal Panchayat area.
Naxals kill man on suspicion of being police informer in Chattisgarh's Kondagaon
"Last night a group of armed ultras reached Adwal, dragged the victim out of his house, and shot him dead after accusing him of being a police informer. A hunt is on for the assailants," a police official said.
The militants are learned to have been hounding Mandavi for several days and subsequently abducted him from his residence on Saturday night. "Last night a group of armed ultras reached Adwal, dragged the victim out of his house, and shot him dead after accusing him of being a police informer. A hunt is on for the assailants," a police official said in this regard.
On Sunday morning, the police of Mardapal Police Station reached the spot and are investigating the murder. The incident comes in the backdrop of a spurt in Naxalite activity in Kondagaon district for the past several months. Originally renowned as a violence-prone area, it had been removed in April this year from the list of districts highly affected due to Naxalite activities. (With agency inputs)