Four Naxals killed by own cadres

Four insurgents have reportedly been killed by their own Maoist cadres in insurgency-infested Sukma district, a senior police officer said on Sunday.

The deceased persons include a Section Commander of a Maoist military platoon, informed Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) (Anti-naxal operations), Sukma, Santosh Singh. 

“Charred body of the cadre, identified as Badru alias Masa, who was a Section Commander of military platoon number-24 of Maoist outfit was recovered from Permpara village forests under Gadiras police station limits,” the ASP said.  According to Singh, the insurgent was killed with sharp edged weapons after holding of Jan Adalat (Peoples’ Court) by rebels on Friday in the same region and later his body was burnt, Singh said.

After being informed by Badru’s family members, police reached the spot and recovered the remaining body parts from which have been sent it for the post mortem, he added. 

In a separate incident, three Maoist leaders were reportedly killed by their colleagues in Sukma during the past one week, the ASP said adding, their bodies are yet to be recovered.“Our sources informed that a senior-level cadre from Maoist military wing Hemla Bhagat and his wife Kosi, chief of Dandakarnya Kisan Majdoor Sanghthan, figured among the rebels reportedly killed by their colleagues early this week,” Singh said. Badru was murdered after being labelled as police informers, he said.