Maoists abduct, kill journalist’s kin on suspicion of being police informer in Chhattisgarh
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BIJAPUR: Maoists kidnapped and killed the brother of a journalist on suspicion of being a police informer in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, a senior officer stated on Wednesday.
The sufferer, Basant Jhadi, was kidnapped by Naxalites on Friday and killed on Monday after they held a ‘jan adalat’ (folks’s court docket or kangaroo court docket) at village Kotapalli on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, stated Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P.
Jhadi, who was the brother of an area journalist, was killed on suspicion of being a police informer, he stated.
“As per information received so far, the victim’s relatives have performed his last rites, but they are yet to lodge a police complaint,” the IPS officer stated.
Maoists usually maintain ‘jan adalat’ the place individuals suspected to be loyal to the state are killed in full public view.
BIJAPUR: Maoists kidnapped and killed the brother of a journalist on suspicion of being a police informer in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, a senior officer stated on Wednesday.
The sufferer, Basant Jhadi, was kidnapped by Naxalites on Friday and killed on Monday after they held a ‘jan adalat’ (folks’s court docket or kangaroo court docket) at village Kotapalli on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, stated Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P.
Jhadi, who was the brother of an area journalist, was killed on suspicion of being a police informer, he stated.
“As per information received so far, the victim’s relatives have performed his last rites, but they are yet to lodge a police complaint,” the IPS officer stated.
Maoists usually maintain ‘jan adalat’ the place individuals suspected to be loyal to the state are killed in full public view.
