Chhattisgarh villager dragged out of home, killed by Naxals on suspicion of being police informer

A 38-year-old man was dragged out of his home and killed allegedly by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on suspicion that he was a police informer, an official said on Wednesday.

The incident took place on the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday in Perampalli village under Usoor police station limits when the victim, Kawasi Hunga, was at his house, said the police official.

As per preliminary information, five Maoists, clad in uniform, stormed into Hunga's house and dragged him out. They then accused him of acting as a police informer and hacked him to death using a sharp-edged weapon, he said.

On being alerted about the murder on Wednesday morning, a police team was dispatched to the spot and the body was sent for post-mortem examination, the official said.

A search operation has been launched in the area to trace the assailants, he said.

With this incident, 23 people have lost their lives in Maoist violence in the Bastar region, which comprises seven districts, including Bijapur, so far this year.

On June 21, two villagers were killed by Naxalites in Pamed police station area of Bijapur. On June 17, three villagers, including a 13-year-old boy, were strangled to death by Maoists using a rope in their native village Peddakorma in the district.

Two of these three deceased were relatives of senior Maoist cadre Dinesh Modiyam, who had surrendered before police in March this year.

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