Maoists kill tribal on cop informer doubt

RAIPUR: Maoists killed a tribal man during a ‘jan adalat’ after suspecting him to be a police informer in restive Bijapur district of Bastar region, on Thursday.
The body of the deceased villager, identified as Chaitu Uika, 27, was recovered by security forces from near Chokanpal village on Thursday.

Bijapur police said that according to preliminary information, a group of armed ultras had abducted Uika from his native place in Kamkanar village. While no complaint was lodged with the police regarding his abduction, it came to light when some villagers informed cops that Maoists had murdered Uika following a ‘jan adalat’ in Chokanpal. An official said that the Naxals beat him black and blue during the ‘jan adalat’.