Nagpur, April 12: A group of armed Naxalites killed a middle-aged former Sarpanch from Gadchiroli district after suspecting him of being police informer.
About 20 to 25 Naxalites dragged Malliya Gawde from his house in Kurupalli yesterday around 9:30 pm and attacked him with axe, police said today.
They also informed the villagers that Gawade was an police informer. The Maoists later ordered villagers to return to their homes and axed him to death, they said, adding Gwade, was basically a farmer in the village.
—–PTI