In a fratricidal killing, a cadre of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was killed by his group members in Uliya village under Bande Police Station limits in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh on 21 December, reports The Times of India. The slain Maoist has been identified as Ranjit Timma (28), a resident of the said village bordering Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra. "As per the eyewitnesses, as many as six Maoists, including two women, reached Uliya, located around 250 Kilometers from the State capital Raipur, on Saturday night and stormed into the house of Timma when he was watching television along with his family members," a senior Police Official said. The Maoists took him along with them to a nearby forest and his body was found lying in a pool of blood on a nearby road, he said adding that Timma was allegedly active as the head of ‘Janatana Sarkar group’ of Maoists in the area and was named as an accused in the cases of Maoist incidents, including murder.