Head constable Surendra Bhagat was shot dead by constable Purushottam Singh on Sunday morning here. The incident happened when the head constable was on duty at Government PG College, Kanker district headquarters.
The Naib Tehsildar was missing from NH-30 in Kanker district from December 10. The police also recovered four bodies from the car who were identified as Naib Tehsildar Sapan Sarkar (66), a resident of Umerkote, Orissa, his wife Rita Sarkar (50), brother-in-law Vishwajit Adhikari, a resident
The accused was identified as Suresh Kumar Sahu, a resident of Koyalibeda area of the district. The police also recovered Maoist pamphlets and materials used in triggering explosions, including wires and detonators, from the accused.
According to the Kanker Superintendent of Police, Shalabh Sinha, the Naxals created havoc in the Koyalibeda region as they set ablaze the mobile network towers in two areas, and a bus in a region, and also blocked a highway.
The accused took the victim to the forest of Singarbhat and raped her. She somehow managed to escape from there and reached Kotwali police station and lodged a complaint against the accused.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 20 (ANI): The security forces recovered a pipe IED (Improvised Explosive Device) weighing around 10 kg in Antagarh-Tekapani village under Koyalibeda police station limits, Kanker district, an official said on Thursday.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 17 (ANI): Naxals set ablaze vehicles involved in mining, and vandalised two private vehicles in Chargaon, Antagarh area in Kanker district on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, an official said.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 8 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday inaugurated a millet processing unit in Kanker, which is among the biggest in the country.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 7 (ANI): A soldier of the Border Security Force (BSF) was injured in an IED blast near Markanar village under the Police Station limit of Koyalibeda in Chhattisgarh's Kanker on Friday.
Bastar (Chhattisgarh) [India], August 15 (ANI): Five members of a family on Monday died after a wall of their house collapsed last night in Pakhanjore area of Kanker due to heavy rainfall.