Maoists killed three villagers in Kanker district on suspicion of being spies of the Maharashtra Police, an official said on Thursday.
Kulle Katlami (35), Manoj Kovachi (22) and Dugge Kovachi (27), all residents of Morkhandi village adjoining Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, were murdered on the night of Wednesday and Thursday, Kanker Superintendent of Police Divyang Patel said.
In pamphlets left behind at the spot, Maoists claimed that the three were acting as "informers" for C-60, an elite anti-Naxalite unit of the Maharashtra Police.
Modi is scheduled to address a public rally in Kanker town for this month’s Assembly elections.
