Man killed by naxals on suspicion of being police informer

A 55-year-old villager was killed by naxals on the suspicion of being a police informer in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Kanker district, police said.

The victim identified as Gajju Achla was beaten to death last night by ultras in Mendra village under Badgaon police station limits, a local police official told PTI.

As per preliminary information, a group of over two dozen armed cadres, belonging to Partapur area committee of maoists, stormed into Achla's house in the village and dragged him to a local market where they thrashed him to death with sticks, he said.

Prior to his murder, rebels had accused him of working as a police informer, he added.
 

After getting information this morning, a police team was rushed to the spot and the body was brought for the post-mortem, the official said.

A case has been registered in this connection, he said, adding, search operation was launched in the forests and nearby areas to nab the assailants.

In July this year, a villager identified as Ghasiyaram Salaam (60) was killed by naxals in Bhanupratappur area of Kanker after branding him as a police informer.