Narayanpur. Naxalites kidnapped and killed the brother of a policeman in Chhattisgarh’s Naxal-affected Narayanpur district, police officials said on Monday. Police officials said the body of Sannu Usendi (30) was recovered from Batumpara Chowk in Orchha village of the district on Sunday night. They said Usendi was the brother of a constable of the state police unit ‘Bastar Fighters’. Police officials said Usendi, a resident of Kohkameta area of the district, was living in Narayanpur town and owned a tea shop.
He said that according to preliminary information, Usendi was kidnapped by Naxalites from a local market in Kutul village near Kohkameta, about 40 km from Narayanpur district headquarters, on Friday (28 June). Officials said that the Naxalites suspected that Usendi was a police informer, due to which they killed him and later dumped the body in Orchha, about 20 km from Kutul.
He said that after receiving information about his death, a police team was dispatched to the spot and the body was recovered and sent for post-mortem. Police officials said that a search operation has been started in the area to trace the attackers.