The villagers of Chintagufa from Sukma district of south Chhattisgarh have claimed that the person killed in an encounter with the Central Reserve Police Force’s CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) team on Tuesday was “an innocent villager” and not a “Maoist.”
Sukma police had claimed on Tuesday that a “Maoist” named Kawasi Kosa was killed in an “encounter” between the Maoists and a CoBRA team near Chintagufa and an SLR (Self Loading Rifle) was recovered from him with two magazines.
In a written complaint addressed to the Director General of Police, Chhattisgarh, the deceased’s younger brother, Kawasi Hurra, has claimed that Kawasi Kosa had no relation with the Maoists and he was “picked up from his home in Chintagufa by the CoBRA team” before being killed.
