Man hacked to death by suspected Naxals

A man was hacked to death allegedly by Naxals at a village in insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said.
The incident took place this afternoon when the victim, identified as Sukhdas Baghel, was at his shop located opposite Chintagufa police station, a senior police official told PTI.
Baghel used to run a small grocery shop from his house in Chintagufa, he said.
"As per the eyewitness, two people armed with sharp weapons stormed at Baghel's shop and slit his throat before escaping from the spot," he said.
Security personnel from the police stationimmediately rushedto the site and shifted him to a local hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead, the official said adding that the body has been sent to Dornapal for post-mortem.

"A search operation has been launched in the region to trace the assailants," the official said.