C’GARH: TWO COPS HACKED TO DEATH IN SUKMA

Sukma, April 16: Two policemen were allegedly hacked to death by unidentified persons in Chhattisgarh’s insurgencyhit Sukma district, police said on Friday. The bodies of assistant constables Dhaniram Kashyap and Punem Hadma, bearing injuries inflicted by sharp-edged weapons, were found lying on a road on the outskirts of Bhejji village around 5 pm on Thursday, a senior police official said.

A police team was rushed to the spot soon after being alerted about the killings and sent the bodies for post-mortem, he said. “The jawans were posted at Bhejji police station, from where they had headed to a grocery store on a motorcycle around 3.30 pm on Thursday. They were later found dead with the motorcycle lying next to their bodies,” he said.