250 naxals carried out the killings
26 May 2013 11:46 PM GMT
Around 250 Naxalites are believed to have carried out the killings of 27 people, including Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur district.
The Naxalites, suspected to be members of the Dhand Karineya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC), after triggering a blast, stopped the convoy and started shouting the names of people on their hit list which included former home minister of the state Mahendra Karma, architect of Salwa Judam, a people’s movement against Naxalism, official sources said.
Karma presented himself before the Naxalites with a plea to leave others but he was hit hard with the butt of the gun and later shot dead, the sources said.
Karma was an ethnic adivasi leader from the undivided Bastar region. Over a period of time, his brother and 20 other close relatives have been gunned down by Maoists.
The Naxalites, suspected to be members of the Dhand Karineya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC), after triggering a blast, stopped the convoy and started shouting the names of people on their hit list which included former home minister of the state Mahendra Karma, architect of Salwa Judam, a people’s movement against Naxalism, official sources said.
Karma presented himself before the Naxalites with a plea to leave others but he was hit hard with the butt of the gun and later shot dead, the sources said.
Karma was an ethnic adivasi leader from the undivided Bastar region. Over a period of time, his brother and 20 other close relatives have been gunned down by Maoists.
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