By IANS,
Raipur : Maoists killed a prominent member of the anti-Maoist civil militia movement, Salwa Judum, in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district Sunday, police said.
The incident took place in Bijapur district’s Pinkonda area, some 450 km from state capital Raipur.
Somlu, 40, was attacked with sharp-edged weapons Sunday morning while he was on way to his house from a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp where he had spent the night.
Maoists attacked Somlu, who belongs to the Muria tribe, repeatedly on his head, chest and back with sharp-edged weapons. He died instantly.
The controversial armed movement Salwa Judum was launched in June 2005. While the government says it is providing moral support to the movement, human rights groups claim the movement is backed by direct arms and monetary support of the government.