Missing Canadian in Naxal militia custody

The foreigner had gone untraceable since last evening in Chhattisgarh

Canadian national John Szlazak, who has gone missing last evening in Naxal-infested Sukma district, is reported to be held captive by the rebel-backed Jan Militia.

Szlazak is on a bicycle expedition in the country and was peddling through some of the worst Naxal-infested pockets of restive Sukma district when reports came in about his disappearance late Monday night. He represented Canada-based organisation, Immigration Refugee Citizen, and had started his journey from Mumbai on March 14.

The foreigner had not informed the local authorities in Bastar about his movement. A senior intelligence wing official told Business Standard that their