A local Congress leader formerly a Sarpanch,was allegedly killed by Maoists who accused him of being a police informer in restive Dantewada district of Bastar, police said.
Chhannuram Mandavi (55), the former Sarpanch of his native Cholnar village, was killed with sharp-edged weapons at his house under Kirandul police station limits late last night, according to Dantewada Superintendent of Police (SP) Kamlochan Kashyap.
A group of about 24 armed Maoists stormed into Mandavi’s house in Cholnar and slit his throat,he said.
Mandavi died on the spot, he said. A police team rushed to the spot on receiving information and sent the body for postmortem this morning, Kashyap said.
Some Maoist pamphlets were recovered from the spot in which Mandavi was branded as a police informer, the SP said, adding that a search has been launched to nab the assailants.