Dec 11, 2024 02:21 PM IST
With this incident, over 60 individuals have been killed in Maoist violence to this point this 12 months at separate locations within the Bastar division
The Maoists have allegedly killed a Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) chief accusing him of being a police informer in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Tuesday evening, police stated on Wednesday.
Police stated the Maoists allegedly dragged 35-year-old Kudiyaam Mado out of his home and strangled him to dying. (Representational picture)
A press release issued by the Bijapur police stated the incident came about in Somnapalli village underneath Farsegarh Police Station space of the district.
In accordance with the assertion, the Maoists dragged 35-year-old Kudiyaam Mado out of his home and strangled him to dying. Mado was the district vice chairman of Bharatiya Janata Kisan Morcha –the farmers’ unit of the BJP.
Police stated that they’ve additionally recovered a pamphlet issued by the banned CPI (Maoist)’s Bijapur Nationwide Park Space Committee, wherein the Maoists accused the sufferer of being a police informer and justified the killing underneath this pretext.
The native Farsegarh police have taken the physique into custody and are conducting additional authorized proceedings.
Mahesh Gagda, former minister in Raman Singh’s cupboard and senior BJP chief confirmed that the deceased was a BJP chief of the district.
“A high-level inquiry should be conducted as most of the BJP leaders killed in Bastar are from Bijapur,” stated Gagda.
With this incident, over 60 individuals have been killed in Maoist violence to this point this 12 months at separate locations within the Bastar division.
Notably, 9 BJP leaders have been killed between January 2023 and April 2024 in separate incidents within the division