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Naxals kill farm labourer in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district

Police said that a group of 15 to 20 Naxals stormed into Ravi Pungati's house on Thursday evening, forcibly took him out of the village and shot him dead.

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NAGPUR: Naxals allegedly killed a 28- year-old man in Ettapalli tehsil in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, police said on Friday. The incident occurred near Kidartola village on Thursday night, they said.

The deceased, Ravi Pungati, was a farm labourer who resided in the village, the Gadchiroli police said in a statement. A group of 15 to 20 Naxals stormed into Pungati's house on Thursday evening, forcibly took him out of the village and shot him dead, the police said.

His body was found near the village on Friday morning. The police said that the deceased has four minor children.

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