This Article is From May 05, 2019

Gadchiroli Man Accused Of Being Police Informer, Killed By Maoists

The man was kidnapped from a marriage ceremony in nearby Mardhar village on Saturday by Maoists and body found on Sunday

Gadchiroli Man Accused Of Being Police Informer, Killed By Maoists

Gadchiroli's Kurkheda tehsil was the site of a deadly Maoist IED blast on May 1

Mumbai:

A man has been killed by Maoists in Gadchiroli's Bhamragad area, near Mumbai, on suspicion that he was a police informer, an official said today.

The man, apparently a resident of Nainwadi in Bhamragad, was kidnapped from a marriage ceremony in nearby Mardhar village on Saturday by Maoists and his body was found Sunday morning, the official added.

The dead has not been identified as yet and a probe was underway into the incident, he said.

Gadchiroli's Kurkheda tehsil was the site of a deadly Maoist IED blast on May 1 in which 15 Quick Response Team personnel and a driver was killed.

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