Naxals kill police patil

Nagpur, Feb 19 (UNI) Around five to six armed Naxalites killed a police patil, suspecting him to be a police informer, at village Kamke village in Gadchiroli district of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.

A release from the Gadchiroli police said Naxalites in uniform caught hold of Dolu Tumka Jhure (42), a resident of Kamke in Etapalli Sub Division of the district, while he was standing in front of his house and took him to Halewara village square and killed him with a sharp weapon, suspecting him to be a police informer.

However, Gadchiroli police clarified that Jhure was not a police informer.

The Naxalites killed him only to spread terror, they said.

An offence has been registered at Kasansur Sub Police Station and further investigations are on.

UNI