Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed Santosh Punem, a Samajwadi Party (SP) leader after abducting from his house in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on June 19, reports The Asian Age. Superintendent of Police (SP), Divyang Patel said that the Samajwadi leader Santosh Punem, a contractor by profession, was abducted by the Maoists on late Tuesday (June 18) evening from his construction site situated in Marimalla village, coming under Ilmidi Police Station area. Road between Lodhed and Marimalla was under construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) scheme, and Punem had gone to supervise this work from where he was abducted and killed.