Representative image of a dead body.
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Bijapur: A 35-year-old man was allegedly abducted and killed by Naxalites on suspicion of being a police informer in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Monday.
The victim, Pusu Hemla, who hailed from Telipetha village under Kutru police station limits, was found dead on the Telipetha-Patakutru road by some locals this morning, an official said.
The police were alerted, and a team was dispatched to the scene, he said.
As per preliminary information, Hemla, who was residing in Kutru, had gone to his village on March 8 for some work, the official said.
A group of Naxalites allegedly kidnapped the victim and killed him, he said.
A Maoist pamphlet was recovered from the spot, in which the Bhairamgarh area committee of Maoists claimed that Hemla was acting as a police informer, the official said.
Security forces have launched a search operation in the area to trace the Naxalites, he added.
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