<p class="title">Naxals allegedly killed two persons at a village in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, police said on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident took place in Puraslagondhi village of Gadchiroli, located around 170 km from here, on Sunday night, a police official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to preliminary information, the victims - Maaso Pungati (55) and Rishi Meshram (52) - worked in Gadchiroli's Surajgadh mines which the Naxals disapproved of, and hence the ultras killed them, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Gadchiroli police in a release said Pungati was a "Naxal sympathizer" and not a 'police patil', as claimed in a section of media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The duties of a police patil include reporting a crime in the village to the police station and is governed by the Maharashtra Village Police Act.</p>
<p class="title">Naxals allegedly killed two persons at a village in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, police said on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident took place in Puraslagondhi village of Gadchiroli, located around 170 km from here, on Sunday night, a police official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to preliminary information, the victims - Maaso Pungati (55) and Rishi Meshram (52) - worked in Gadchiroli's Surajgadh mines which the Naxals disapproved of, and hence the ultras killed them, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Gadchiroli police in a release said Pungati was a "Naxal sympathizer" and not a 'police patil', as claimed in a section of media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The duties of a police patil include reporting a crime in the village to the police station and is governed by the Maharashtra Village Police Act.</p>