Maoists hacked to death the husband of a village sarpanch in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on the suspicion of he being an informer, police said today.
Dharmendra Kudami (33) waskilledlast evening in Kurrempara area of Metapal village under Katekalyan police station area, a senior police official told PTI.
Kudumi's wife Ratna Kudumi is the sarpanchof Metapal.
"A group of Maoists, armed with bow and arrow, axes and knives stormed into victim's house and murdered Dharmendra in front of his family," the official said.
"Though the exact reason for the attack is yet to be ascertained, preliminary investigation suggests the ultras accused him of being a police informer," he said.
Security forces had launched a combing operation to nab the assailants, he added.
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