Maoists have killed an Assistant Constable who was abducted by rebels in insurgency-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Wednesday.
Police have recovered the body of abducted Assistant Constable Pandu Ram Kudiyam (31) from a restive patch falling under limits of Farsegarh police station, informed police.
It may be recalled that 31-year-old Assistant Constable recruited in Chhattisgarh Police as Auxiliary Personnel was abducted by insurgents when he was on his way to Farsegarh after attending some family related engagement in village Palmendri on Monday evening.
According to police sources, after being informed about a body lying on a road under Farsegarh police limits, a police team rushed to the spot and recovered the body of Kudiyam. Prima-facie and initial investigation indicates that the Assistant Constable was subjected to intense torture and later killed with sharp edged weapon.
Police have registered a case in this connection and launched a search for assailants, added police.
As many as 2869 people including security personnel, police informers and civilians, were reported to be killed in around 8233 Naxal incidents reported in left-Wing Extremism (lWE) affected states in country between 2010 and 15 July 2015. Of 2869 people killed in Maoists incident, 789 were security personnel while 921 were police informers.