MAOISTS KILL 4 VILLAGERS IN CHHATTISGARH’S BASTAR: POLICE

RAIPUR: Suspected Maoists have killed four villagers in Bastar region’s Bijapur district on the suspicion that they were police informers, the Chhattisgarh Police said on Saturday.

The killing took place in a span of two days in the forest of Dumri-palnar village in the Gangaloor area, according to Sunderaj P, inspector general of police, Bastar range. He said Maoists were not happy with development work.

RAIPUR: Suspected Maoists have killed four villagers in Bastar region’s Bijapur district on the suspicion that they were police informers, the Chhattisgarh Police said on Saturday.

The killing took place in a span of two days in the forest of Dumri-palnar village in the Gangaloor area, according to Sunderaj P, inspector general of police, Bastar range. Sunderaj said Maoists were not happy with development work, including road construction work, underway in the area. “They called the villagers who were supporting the construction work and killed four of them. The other villagers were badly beaten by the Maoists in public. We are still finding the exact details of killings and on which date the killings took place,” he said. In past one week, Maoists killed a total of nine persons including two policemen in three districts of Bastar region.

On Wednesday, a former sarpanch was killed in the Pakhanjur area. A pamphlet said the sarpanch was killed in a “janadalat”. Two cops, who had been missing for a few days, were found dead on Monday and Tuesday in Bastar, a stronghold of the Maoists. “Such incidents (of killing villagers) have increased because the Maoists are frustrated and are under pressure. They are afraid of the entry of security forces in their core areas in Sukma, Dantewada and Bijapur,” Sunderaj said.