Police probing the last month's killing of a woman anganwadi worker allegedly by naxals in Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district today arrested a suspected Maoist supporter, an officer said.
"Sudan Mandavi (30) was picked up from Kohkadi village under Mardapal police station limits of the district by a team of local police," Kondagaon Additional Superintendent of Police Maheshwar Nag told PTI.
He was allegedly part of the Maoist squad that had killed local anganwadi assistant Parvati Korram (20) on April 21 in Kohakawadi village on suspicion of being a police informer, the officer said.
Mandavi was one of the key associates of naxal leader Raiju Lohar, the main accused in Korram murder case, he said, adding that Mandavi was assigned the task of passing on information about the movement of security forces in the area.
Efforts are on to trace the other accused in this connection, Nag added.
As per the complaint lodged by the victim's father on May 1, naxals had stormed inside their house on April 21 night and checked his daughter's mobile phone during which they found the ring tone of Chhattisgarh police stored in it, he said.
Naxals had also accused the deceased anganwadi worker of working at the behest of police and delivering messages of police to children at the anganwadi, he said.
Subsequently, naxals and their supporters allegedly dragged the woman outside the house and strangulated her in front of villagers. They hanged her body from a tree near the house.
Before fleeing the spot, naxals had warned Korram's family members against approaching police, the officer said, adding that the ultras asked Korram's kin to tell people that she had committed suicide.
However, the incident came to light on April 29 when a police team was carrying out a search operation in that area.
Police suspect that naxal leader Lohar and some local Maoist supporters, besides others were involved in the brutal killing, he said.
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