A 50-year-old man was battered to death by Naxalites in a village in front of a crowd in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said on Friday.
The incident took place in Nukanpal village where Mura Kudiam had gone to attend a family function on Thursday, Bijapur Superintendent of Police Kamlochan Kashyap said. According to preliminary information, some Maoists dressed like civilians surrounded Kudiam of Usoor area and attacked him multiple times with sharp-edged weapons and sticks in front of villagers, the officer said. The Naxalites dumped Kudiam’s body on the road before fleeing the scene. Kashyap said the exact cause for the attack is yet to be ascertained. This is the second such attack in the district this week. A 32-year-old villager was killed by Naxalites in Kutru area on July 11.