A Sub-Constable was abducted and hacked to death by suspected Maoists.
The body of victim was found in a forested area about 4-5 kms away from Jangla Police Station, informed Superintendent of Police Bijapur, Prashant Agrawal on Thursday. Governor Shekhar Dutt and Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh have condemned the killing.
According to police the deceased was identified as Roopsingh Thakur (35) resident of Kadoli village under the limits of Jangla police station. “The Sub-Constable had left the police station around 3 pm on Wednesday without any information and his body was recovered on Thursday morning,” said SP Bijapur talking with The Pioneer over phone. The SP informed that no pamphlets or banner were found near the body. According to police sources, the deceased had reached his home on Wednesday. Somehow Maoists got information about his presence in the village and they abducted him from his house on gunpoint and later his body was found in the forest. The Sub constable was brutally tortured before being murdered, police said.
The Governor and Chief Minister have condemned the murder of Roopsingh Thakur. They have also expressed grief over the killing while paying tributes to the martyred Sub-Constable.