Suspected Maoists abducted and killed a villager in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Thursday.
Security personnel on Thursday recovered the body of Gopiram Madkam near his village Kahurgaon, Bijapur Superintendent of Police Anjaneya Vaishnav said.
According to preliminary information, Madkam was abducted from his village on August 8, he said.
Though no complaint was lodged with the police, the matter came to light on Thursday morning when some villagers informed the authorities that he had been murdered by Maoists.
Security forces then went to the area and found the body from a forest, the official said. The reason behind the murder was yet to be ascertained.