Head constable hacked to death in Sukma, Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh's Naxal-hit Sukma district, an official said on Monday. The incident took place on the intervening night of Sunday-Monday in Gadiras village when the deceased, identified as head constable Sodi Laxman, had gone to visit a fair there, the official said.
Unidentified persons attacked him with sharp-edged weapons on his neck. He died on the spot, the official said.
After being alerted, a team from Gadiras police station rushed to the spot and sent the body for post-mortem, he said.
«Prima facie, the modus operandi of the attack suggests it was executed by a small action team of Naxalites. However, the investigation is being done from all possible angles, including personal enmity,» the official said. Efforts are on to trace the assailants, he added.
Another man killed
In another incident, Naxalites dragged a 45-year-old man out of his house in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district and killed him while claiming he was a police informer, an official said on Monday.
The incident took place on Sunday night when the victim, identified as Shaluram Potai, was at his home in Maspur village, he said and denied the claim of Naxalites.
The official said Naxalites killed the innocent villager out of frustration to thwart development works in the area and create an atmosphere of terror.
As per preliminary information, 15-20 armed Naxalites clad in 'uniform' surrounded Potai's house and dragged him out on a street while he was having dinner, the official said. Naxalites brutally thrashed him in front of his family
