Maoists killed a Congress party leader in the Dantewada district of south Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. Mr. Chhannuram Mandavi, the former block president of the Kuwakonda block of Dantewada, and a Congress member considered close to the family of Salwa Judum founder Mahendra Karma, was accused of being a “police informer” by the Maoists.
He was killed at his home in the Cholnar village on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
“Around 20 to 25 Maoists entered his house late last night and killed him. The Maoists also left some letters in which they accused him of helping the police in setting up a camp in his area and constructing roads. The Maoists also claimed to have warned Mr. Mandavi many times since 2004, and accused him of not listening to their repeated warnings,” Dantewada district Superintendent of Police (SP) Mr. Kamlochan Kashyap told The Hindu , while adding that this was not a “political killing”
