Armed Naxals allegedly killed a man at Naamgaon village of the restive Sukma district for terrorising the locals who were not in favour of the ultras, police said on Saturday.
“The deceased was identified as Shyam Nath Baghel a resident of Naamgaon village under Umakoli Panchayat at the border of Darbha and Tongpal police stations,” Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sukma, Jitendra Shukla said.
According to police, the residents of Naamgaon were against the Naxal ideology and did not supported the guerrillas.
“It was the lone village in the region, which had its own local security group against the red-rebels,” the ASP said while adding that in past residents of the village had actively taken part in the anti-naxal demonstrations.
On the intervening night of Friday and Saturday around 8 pm an armed group of Naxals reached the village and stormed in the house of Shyam lal Baghel, the ASP informed.
They pulled out Baghel and killed him while warning the locals not to engage in anti-naxal movement.
Soon after the incident was reported police reached the spot. Meanwhile, a case in this connection was registered with Darbha police station and police had launched investigations.