Bijapur: Bodies of four policemen, kidnapped by Maoists, were found in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Wednesday.
The policemen were kidnapped from a bus on Monday while it was passing through the Maoist-dominated area Kutru village in Bijapur. According to a senior police officer, the cops were killed with sharp weapons. The bodies were thrown on the roadside near a forest area.
“It is a matter of concern. We condemn the incident. The government will look into the matter,” said state Home Minister Ram Sevak Paikra.
The policemen, recruited by the state police as auxiliary personnel, were identified as Jaidev Yadav, Mangal Sodi, Raju Tela and Rama Majji. They were among personnel that assist the state police in anti-Naxal operations and are known as ‘followers’.
The police said Maoists were searching civilian vehicles in the area and when they saw the policemen in the bus, they took them away at gunpoint.
Police teams have been sent out to the jungles to look for the killers.
The government describes the Maoist insurgency as the country’s most serious internal security threat.