Naxals kill senior citizen in Gadchiroli

Nagpur, March 20: A group of armed Naxals allegedly killed a 60-year-old man in Jabti-Khandi village in Gadchiroli district in the early hours today, police said.

About 20 to 25 armed Naxals, including women, woke up one Keju Damaji Ichami from his house and forcibly took him to a nearby forest, they said.

Later, they killed the victim by attacking him with sharp weapons, police said adding that the motive of the murder was not immediately known.

Further investigation is on.

–Agencies