<p>Bijapur: Naxalites have killed two former heads village panchayats in separate incidents in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh's</a> Bijapur district, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/naxal">Naxalites</a> in their pamphlets claimed former sarpanch Suklu Parsa was a BJP worker and accused the other deceased, Sukhram Avlam, of helping cops in setting up a police camp.</p>.<p>Parsa was killed on Wednesday in Bhairamgarh police station limits, while Avlam was murdered the same day in Naimed area, an official here said.</p>.<p>With these incidents, Naxalites have killed at least 55 persons so far this year in the state's Bastar division comprising seven districts, including Bijapur, according to police.</p>.Bastar, Kondagaon Naxal-free; ops on in other areas: Chhattisgarh CM to Amit Shah.<p>Notably, nine <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/bjp">BJP</a> leaders were killed between January 2022 and April 2023 in separate incidents in the division.</p>.<p>As per preliminary information, Naxalites abducted Parsa from Biriyabhumi village on Monday and killed him on Wednesday, the official said.</p>.<p>Police were alerted after Naxalites dumped the body near the village on Wednesday night.</p>.<p>In a pamphlet found at the spot, Bhairamgarh area committee of Maoists claimed the responsibility for killing Parsa and said he was active as a worker of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the official said.</p>.<p>Naxalites also threatened BJP workers in the area with dire consequences and asked them to quit the party, he said.</p>.DRG jawan killed in encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh.<p>The body of Sukhram Avlam was found on a road connecting Kader and Kaika villages under Naimed police station limits on Wednesday night, the official said.</p>.<p>The police on Thursday morning received information that Avlam was abducted and killed by Naxalites following which a team of security personnel rushed to the area, he said.</p>.<p>As per preliminary information, Avlam, who lived in Bijapur town, had gone to his village Kader for farm related work.</p>.<p>When he was heading to Kaika from Kader for some personal work on Wednesday evening, two unidentified persons intercepted him and took him inside a forest, the official said.</p>.<p>The body was found on the road at night, he said.</p>.<p>A pamphlet was found at the spot in which Gangaloor area committee of Naxalites accused Avlam of supporting police in setting up a camp, the official said.</p>.<p>Search operations have been launched in both the areas to trace the assailants, the police said.</p>
<p>Bijapur: Naxalites have killed two former heads village panchayats in separate incidents in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh's</a> Bijapur district, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/naxal">Naxalites</a> in their pamphlets claimed former sarpanch Suklu Parsa was a BJP worker and accused the other deceased, Sukhram Avlam, of helping cops in setting up a police camp.</p>.<p>Parsa was killed on Wednesday in Bhairamgarh police station limits, while Avlam was murdered the same day in Naimed area, an official here said.</p>.<p>With these incidents, Naxalites have killed at least 55 persons so far this year in the state's Bastar division comprising seven districts, including Bijapur, according to police.</p>.Bastar, Kondagaon Naxal-free; ops on in other areas: Chhattisgarh CM to Amit Shah.<p>Notably, nine <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/bjp">BJP</a> leaders were killed between January 2022 and April 2023 in separate incidents in the division.</p>.<p>As per preliminary information, Naxalites abducted Parsa from Biriyabhumi village on Monday and killed him on Wednesday, the official said.</p>.<p>Police were alerted after Naxalites dumped the body near the village on Wednesday night.</p>.<p>In a pamphlet found at the spot, Bhairamgarh area committee of Maoists claimed the responsibility for killing Parsa and said he was active as a worker of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the official said.</p>.<p>Naxalites also threatened BJP workers in the area with dire consequences and asked them to quit the party, he said.</p>.DRG jawan killed in encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh.<p>The body of Sukhram Avlam was found on a road connecting Kader and Kaika villages under Naimed police station limits on Wednesday night, the official said.</p>.<p>The police on Thursday morning received information that Avlam was abducted and killed by Naxalites following which a team of security personnel rushed to the area, he said.</p>.<p>As per preliminary information, Avlam, who lived in Bijapur town, had gone to his village Kader for farm related work.</p>.<p>When he was heading to Kaika from Kader for some personal work on Wednesday evening, two unidentified persons intercepted him and took him inside a forest, the official said.</p>.<p>The body was found on the road at night, he said.</p>.<p>A pamphlet was found at the spot in which Gangaloor area committee of Naxalites accused Avlam of supporting police in setting up a camp, the official said.</p>.<p>Search operations have been launched in both the areas to trace the assailants, the police said.</p>