A 32-year-old man was killed by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres after accusing him of being a ‘police informer’, in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on October 12, reports The Pioneer. The body of the victim identified as Parke Kristaiyya was spotted lying on a road near Dudheda-Nayapara village under Tarlaguda Police Station limits by locals on Saturday morning, a Police official said. A Maoist leaflet was found at the spot in which Madded Area Committee of the CPI-Maoist has claimed the responsibility for the killing. The Maoists have claimed that Kristaiyya had continued to help Police despite being warned for several times, the Police official said denying the victim’s association with Police. Prima facie, it seems the victim was axed to death with sharp edged weapons but the exact cause will be known after the post-mortem, the Police official added.
Meanwhile, a CPI-Maoist camp operating from a dense forested region was busted by a team of Security Force (SF) personnelfollowing an exchange of fire in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh on October 11, reports The Pioneer.Superintendent of Police (SP), Rajnandgaon, Kamlochan Kashyap said, “A joint team of DRG (District Reserve Guard), STF (Special Task Force), ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) and Maharashtra Police, acting on specific input about presence of Maoists in a hilly terrain of Bukmarka jungles under Manpur police station limits located about 120 km (kilometres) from Rajnandgaon town near Gadchiroli border, carried out the operation.”A brief encounter also occurred between Police and armed Maoists but no one was injured as Maoists slipped in dense forest after a quick exchange of fire, he said.Pressure cooker Improvised Explosive Device (IED), walkie-talkie batteries, solar plates, Naxal[Left Wing Extremism, LWE] literature and other items of daily use were found at the spot.
Separately, thetwo Government officials and an employee of a road contractor who were abducted by Maoists in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh, were released on October 12 evening,more than 24 hours after they were abducted, reports The Hindu. The three were reportedly abducted around 4 p.m. on October 11 from Potali village, where construction of a road under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) is under way, a senior Police official said.According to the senior officer, local villagers played a key role in securing the safe release of the trio who reached Dantewada district headquarter by October 13 morning (today).The abducted persons, all associated with the road construction work, were identified as Sub Engineer (PMGSY) Arun Marawi, technical assistant (MNREGA [Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act]) Mohan Baghel and an accountant of the construction contractor.The incident had happened when the trio were doing geo-tagging for the ongoing road construction work between Kakari and Muler villages in Aranpur area of the District.