left wing extremists stabbed to death a local businessman during a weekly market in the insurgency-hit Dantewada district, police said on Saturday.
“The incident happened in Tumnar village under Geedam police station limits around 11.30 am,” SP of Dantewada, Kamlochan Kashyap said adding the attack site was about 20 km from the police station.
Detailing about the incident, he informed that Santosh Gupta hailing from Geedam was sitting in his temporary shop at the weekly market.
Suddenly some Naxals clad in villagers’ attire reached his shop and stabbed him with some sharp edge weapon. The Naxals managed to walk away freely after killing the businessman. Santosh was then rushed to Maharani Hospital Jagdalpur, where he was declared brought dead.
The police reached the spot and search operation was launched for nabbing the ultras.