Maoist insurgents shot dead Chhattisgarh’s Forest Minister Vikram Usendi’s cousin Sumat Usendi in his forested village Sulangi, in Bhanupratappur block of Kanker district, police said Thursday.
The incident took place Wednesday late night and the high-profile killing has sparked tension in entire Kanker district which is a part of the sprawling restive Bastar region.
Kanker Superintendent RN Das said that while Sumat was sleeping in his house at Sulangi village under Koilibeda thana area, around 15-20 Maoist insurgents attacked his house well past midnight.
“After encircling the house, they entered Sumat’s room and after awakening him from sleep, took him some distance away from the house. They first shot at Sumat and thereafter severed his neck with some sharp-edged weapon. At the spot of the murder, the guerrillas also left some pamphlet in which they accused Sumat of providing Maoists’ information to police,” Das added.