Bijapur, Feb 7 (PTI) A man has been killed by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said on Wednesday.
The body of Michcha Hadma was found on a road on the outskirts of his village Timapur under Basaguda police station limits on Tuesday, a police official said.
As per preliminary information, a group of unidentified Naxalites attacked him with an axe following which he died on the spot, he said.
After being alerted, a police team went to the spot and the body was shifted for post-mortem, the official said.
The exact reason behind the murder was yet to be ascertained, he said, adding that a search operation has been launched in the area to trace the assailants. PTI COR TKP GK
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