Naxalites kill panchayat secretary in Chhattisgarh
BY PTI3 Oct 2014 11:28 PM GMT
PTI3 Oct 2014 11:28 PM GMT
Hingaram Kodiyam, cousin brother of late Chinnaram Gota, who was a leader of the erstwhile anti-Naxalite movement Salwa Judum, was killed by ultras near Keshkutul village under Bhairmgarh police station limits last night, Bijapur additional superintendent of Police Indira Kalyan Elesela said.
Prima facie, it appears that the victim was killed with sharp-edged weapons, the ASP said. According to villagers, a group of naxalites stormed into the victim’s house on Wednesday in Kehskutul village where he is the panchayat secretary and dragged him out of his home.
Kodiyam’s body was found lying in a pool of blood in a restive patch of Bhairamgarh-Kutru road this morning, the ASP said.
Soon after receiving information, security forces were immediately dispatched to the spot, the official said, adding, Kodiyam’s body has been recovered.
The reason behind the attack was yet to be known, he said, adding that security forces have launched combing in the region to nab the assailants.
A former Janpad member and influential Salwa Judum leader, Chinnaram Gota was gunned down by Maoists in Bijapur in December 2012.
Prima facie, it appears that the victim was killed with sharp-edged weapons, the ASP said. According to villagers, a group of naxalites stormed into the victim’s house on Wednesday in Kehskutul village where he is the panchayat secretary and dragged him out of his home.
Kodiyam’s body was found lying in a pool of blood in a restive patch of Bhairamgarh-Kutru road this morning, the ASP said.
Soon after receiving information, security forces were immediately dispatched to the spot, the official said, adding, Kodiyam’s body has been recovered.
The reason behind the attack was yet to be known, he said, adding that security forces have launched combing in the region to nab the assailants.
A former Janpad member and influential Salwa Judum leader, Chinnaram Gota was gunned down by Maoists in Bijapur in December 2012.
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