INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
RAIPUR: The BJP ST Morcha general secretary of Bastar's Bijapur district was murdered by Maoists on Wednesday
A leaflet found on his body said that he was killed because he worked for BJP.The victim, 52-year-old Kaka Arjun, was the sarpanch of
Ilmidi, 470km from Raipur, from 2016-2020
He was out with his wife when he was abducted by a group of four-five men, say police
His body, with the throat slit, was found on the outskirts of Lankapara in Ilmidi, 470km from Raipur.The Maoist Madded area committee
Maoists have cautioned other villagers not to work for the party
Police are investigating the murder
Arjun is the fifth BJP leader to be killed by Maoists this year
On January 16, Budhram Kartam was murdered when he was out on his morning walk in Jagdalpur
Another local BJP leader, Neelkanth Kakkem, was murdered in Awapalli region of Bijapur on February 5
In back-to-back killings on February 10-11, Maoists mudered BJP district vice-president Sagar Sahu in Narayanpur and Ramdhar Alami in
The Jan-Feb murders had sparked a war of words between BJP and Congress, and Chhattisgarh DGP Ashok Juneja had written to National
Investigation Agency, requesting a probe into the killings.
