Naxals kill man after accusing him of being police informer

Dantewada: A man in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district was killed by Naxals after they accused him of being a police informer, an official said on Saturday.

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Mirya Manjal's body was found on Saturday morning near a private firm's beneficiation plant under Kirandul police station limits, he said.

Manjal was a resident of Pullum village, he said, "A Maoist pamphlet has been recovered from the spot.

It accuses Manjal of being a police informer."

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The pamphlet further claims Manjal was killed after a so-called jan adalat (Naxal kangaroo court) was held," he said, adding that Manjal was not a police informer.

He said no eye-witnesses had come forward so far to help the police.

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