Suspected Maoists killed a man and cremated his body in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Diwali night.
The victim was identified as Basant Jhadi, the brother of a local journalist. He was a technician with the state-run Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Authority (CREDA).
According to police sources, Basant was abducted from his village on Friday night and was killed on Diwali night. The Maoists organized a kangaroo court and sentenced him to death for allegedly working as a police spy.
The incident took place in Kottapalli village on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border. Senior police officials could not be contacted for their version of the incident.