<p>Maoists have tortured and killed two Home Guards who had been missing since Jan 31, police said Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The bodies of Moriyam Mangu and Anand Jasba, in their 20s, were found Saturday by a road in a jungle area in Cherpal in Bijapur district, some 450 km south of here.<br /><br />The outlawed group Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed them for defying their orders, a police official said.<br /><br />The police headquarters here said leaflets were found near the bodies which claimed the two were killed at a 'Jan Adalat' or People's Court for "committing offences against the public".<br /><br />The injury marks on the bodies suggested the two men were tortured, the officer said.One of the leaflets asked youths in the tribal region not to join the police.<br /><br />Bijapur is among the seven districts that forms mineral-rich Bastar region where Maoists have held sway in the interiors since late 1980s.</p>
<p>Maoists have tortured and killed two Home Guards who had been missing since Jan 31, police said Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The bodies of Moriyam Mangu and Anand Jasba, in their 20s, were found Saturday by a road in a jungle area in Cherpal in Bijapur district, some 450 km south of here.<br /><br />The outlawed group Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed them for defying their orders, a police official said.<br /><br />The police headquarters here said leaflets were found near the bodies which claimed the two were killed at a 'Jan Adalat' or People's Court for "committing offences against the public".<br /><br />The injury marks on the bodies suggested the two men were tortured, the officer said.One of the leaflets asked youths in the tribal region not to join the police.<br /><br />Bijapur is among the seven districts that forms mineral-rich Bastar region where Maoists have held sway in the interiors since late 1980s.</p>