Youth Wanted To Join Police, Maoists Chop Off His Head

Raipur: Shyamo Mandavi, a 25-year-old youth, was beheaded by a group of Maoists who wanted to join the police force. The also thrashed some of the villagers after locals refused to support their activities.

The incident took place on Wednesday in in the forests near Burdikarka village under Kuakonda police station limits, said Gorakhnath Baghel, Dantewada ASP.

However, the ASP said the incident came to light on Thursday when some locals informed that naxalites had brutally thrashed villagers of Burdikarka and one of them died in it following which security forces were rushed to the spot.

Although some villagers who had sustained minor injuries in the incident, they refrained from coming approaching cops as they were threatened with dire consequences by Maoists if they reveal about the incident to policemen

Besides, six villagers including a woman, who were injured after being beaten by ultras were admitted to local hospital by police.

Although some villagers who had sustained minor injuries in the incident, they refrained from coming approaching cops as they were threatened with dire consequences by Maoists if they reveal about the incident to policemen.

Police said that through such incidents naxals wanted to create fear among people who are opposed to them.

The body of the youth has been sent for postmortem, the ASP said adding that a combing operation has been launched in the region to trace the assailants.

Notably, villagers of Burdikarka and some other villages of the region had recently opposed Maoist activities and refused to support the ultras irking them.