Three civilians, including a student, were killed by Maoists in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh and Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra on Monday.
Rakesh Gawade, a 23-year-old college student from Murja village of Gadchiroli, was shot dead in the early morning near Tumarkasa village. The Gadchiroli police said Rakesh Gawade, a second-year graduate student, was helping villagers avail themselves of benefits of the government schemes. The murder shows the Maoists cannot tolerate someone who helps the villagers. The Maoists of the Perimily Dalam killed him on suspicion that he was an informer,” the police said in a statement.
The rebels killed a young man and threw his body on the Gangaloor road in Bijapur district of Bastar.
“The youth was killed with sharp weapons and his body was thrown a km away from a CRPF camp on Gangaloor road. The Maoists also left an envelope near the body,” Bastar police chief S.R.P. Kalluri said. In a pamphlet recovered from the envelope, the Maoists identified the man as Navin Das Baghel from Nagarnar area of Bastar and accused him of being a “police agent.”
The Maoists murdered a Sarpanch in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh. According to local sources, the incident took place in Karekarma village under the Partapur police limits. The Sarpanch was murdered in a “peoples’ court” organised by the Maoists.
These killings have taken place when the rebels are celebrating ‘Martyrs Week’ in Bastar and Gadchiroli.
