BIJAPUR: A 35-year-old man was killed by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on the suspicion of being a police informant, police said on Wednesday.
The incident took place on Tuesday night in Putkel village under Basaguda police station limits, a police official here said.
After being alerted, a police team was sent to the area in the morning, he said.
"As per preliminary information, Naxalites killed Dinesh Pujari, a resident of Putkel, using sharp-edged weapons. Pamphlets released by the Pamed area committee of Maoists were recovered from the spot in which they accused Pujari of acting as a police informer," the official said.
The police have launched a search operation in the area to trace the assailants, he added.
With this incident, 53 persons have been killed by Naxalites so far this year in separate places of Bastar division which comprises seven districts, including Bijapur, according to police.