A police jawan was found dead in the insurgency-hit Bijapur district while a surrendered Naxal who used to work for police was shot dead by some unidentified Naxals in the district, Additional Superintendent of Police Bijapur Indira Kalyan informed on Friday.
Assistant constable Somaru Hemla (30) posted at Mirtur police station had gone to his village on Thursday. His body was found in Patliguda village of the region, the ASP said adding no major injury marks were found on his body. “We would be able to tell you about exact reason of death on getting postmortem report which is still awaited,” the ASP said adding possibility of killing to settle some personal score was also being investigated.
In a separate incident a senior Naxal leader who was associated with left wing insurgents (lWE) since 2001 and had surrendered was found shot dead near a pond on Kotapal road about 5 km from Bijapur on Thursday. He was a key intelligence source person for police in West Bastar region, the ASP said.
“He was shot with 9 mm pistol and about 10 bullets were pumped into his body,” APS Kalyan informed. In a separate incident some unidentified naxals torched a road roller engaged in road construction and motorcycle in Kanker district of north Bastar region. The incident took place at Sarhandi Sihari village under Tadoki police station limits, the official said.
A group of unidentified armed naxal stormed at the place where construction of a road near a nullah was underway and set ablaze a road roller and a motorbike, he said. After committing the crime, rebels fled to the core forests. A combing has been launched in the region to nab the ultras, he added.