In the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, Naxals on Friday killed and put fire on a former colleague, who had joined the police force after quitting the outlawed party.
Rebels attacked Somdu Ram Poyam, also known as Mallesh who was a constable of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), with sharp weapons on Thursday evening at Kotrapal village under Jangla police station limits, a senior official said.
According to the policeman’s brother, Poyam joined the DRG and was posted after quitting the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) in 2014.
The official said that the victim had gone to meet his relatives in the village where ultras, including his brother, brutally thrashed him and killed him with sharp weapons. A search operation has already been launched in the area to trace the Naxals who were involved in the killing.
