Maoists kill deputy sarpanch in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma-OxBig News Network

CRPF personnel check for explosives on their way while moving a child to their camp in Sukma. File photo
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Maoists have killed a deputy sarpanch of a village panchayat in Chhattisgarh‘s Sukma district, police said on Tuesday (May 6, 2025).

The incident occurred at Benpalli village under the Jagargunda police station limits around 3 pm on Monday, an official said.

As per preliminary information, a group ofMaoists asked the victim, Muchaki Rama, the deputy sarpanch of Tarlaguda village panchayat, to step out of his house and took him with them, he said.

The official said the victim was later found murdered, and the police were alerted, following which the body was sent for post-mortem.

With this incident, Maoists have killed nine people at separate places in the Bastar division, comprising seven districts, including Sukma, this year.

According to police, 68 civilians were killed last year in separate incidents of Maoist violence in the Bastar region.