Naxals Kill Former Colleague Who Turned Cop In Chhattisgarh

Friday, 29 January 2021Newsdesk

Naxals killed and set on fire a former colleague, who had joined the police force after quitting the outlawed party, in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police told PTI on Friday. Rebels attacked Somdu Ram Poyam, also known as Mallesh, a constable of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), with sharp weapons on Thursday evening at Kotrapal village under Jangla police station limits, a senior official said.

New Delhi, 29 January 2021

The policeman's brother, who is a Jan militia commander of Maoists in the area, was also allegedly involved in the attack, he said. After quitting the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) in 2014, Poyam had joined the DRG and was posted, he said. As per preliminary information, the victim had gone to meet his relatives in the village where ultras, including his brother, brutally thrashed him and killed him with sharp weapons, the official said.

Source -NDTV