Suspected Maoists on Sunday killed a villager in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said. The incident took place at a weekly market falling under limits of Errabor police station, said Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Santosh Singh.
According to him, a group of ultras killed one Podiyami Kanna at a weekly market with a sharp edged weapon. On the receipt of information about killing of a villager, police rushed to the spot and undertook investigation at the crime spot. A search has also been launched in the region to nab assailants.
Police have sent the body for autopsy and started investigation to ascertain the reason behind the killing of the villager, Singh said. It may be recalled that police have recently nabbed two hardcore Naxals, carrying cash reward of Rs 1 lakh each on their head, from insurgency-hit Dantewada district.
Similarly, a joint squad of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA)-a special unit of CRPF and District Force (DF) nabbed three cadres in Sukma. Impressed by the surrender and rehabilitation policy of Chhattisgarh Government, two rebels turned themselves in before the policein Sukma on October 7.
In another dent to the red movement, a joint team of District Reserve Group (DRG) and CRPF sunned down a woman Naxal in Bastar and recovered firearms.
Besides, a police team on September 25 arrested seven persons, including a Mining Engineer, along with huge consignment of explosives weighing around 1750 kg in insurgency-hit Bastar district of Chhattisgarh.