Chhattisgarh police worried over abduction, murder of constables

The recent abduction and killing of nearly half a dozen assistant constables, recruited as auxiliary personnel from among local tribal youth, by Maoists in <g data-gr-id="9">naxal</g>-infested Bastar region, has worried Chhattisgarh police no end.

“It is a great cause of concern for us. Assistant constables are basically son of <g data-gr-id="14">soil</g>, they belong to this area so its natural that they will attend marriage function(s) or other family functions. So whenever they go and attend such things in civil dress and without weapons, they are being targeted,” Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, SRP Kalluri said. 

In the past two-and-half months, six assistant constables have been abducted in the area, out of which five were killed while one of them was released after being threatened with dire consequences if he continued to serve in police.