On April 16, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres hacked to death a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-affiliated deputy Sarpanch (head of the Panchayat, a village-level local self-government institution) identified as Pancham Das Manikpuri, accusing him of working for the Police in Dandvan village in Farasgaon under Narayanpur Tehsil (revenue unit) in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh, reports The Times of India. The armed cadres broke down Pancham's door with axes, barged in, and hacked him to death in front of his family. They left after stringing up a Maoist banner near the house, accusing Pancham of corruption and working as a ‘police informer’. The Maoists of the ‘west Bastar division committee’ claimed responsibility for the killing and said Pancham didn't heed repeated warnings, "which is why he was killed in front of his family members".