A villager was hacked to death by Maoists in Gadchiroli district of Eastern Maharashtra on Sunday morning.
“The Maoists went to the residence of Venkatesh Atram (31) in Rajaram village under Aheri division of Gadchiroli and killed him on the suspicion of being a police informer. He was not a police informer, he was just a common villager,” said a press statement from Gadchiroli police.
However, a handwritten note left by the Maoists accused him of being a Special Police Officer (SPO). “Venkatesh Atram was working as an SPO for over six years as a result of which our PLGA (People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army) has given him death penalty,” read the statement issued in the name of the Aheri Area Committee of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist).
