Former sarpanch killed by naxals in Chhattisgarh
A former sarpanch (village head) was killed by naxals in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Kanker district, police said on Wednesday.
Pamphlets left by the assailants at the spot claimed that he was a Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker.
Dadu Singh Parotiya (50) was attacked by the ultras outside his house at village Konde under Durgkondal police station limits on Tuesday night, Kanker Superintendent of Police K L Dhruv told PTI.
The village is 200 km away from Raipur.
As per the preliminary probe, naxals asked him to come out of the house and shot him in the leg. Then they hacked him to death, the SP said,
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