Maoists kill woman on suspicion of working for cops

A woman anganwadi worker was allegedly strangulated to death by Naxals on suspicion of working for police in front of residents of Kohkodi village in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Kondagaon district, police said on Monday.

The naxals hanged the woman's body from a tree and threatened the villagers against disclosing the incident.

A senior police officer said the brutality with which the woman was killed shows that the ultras are frustrated due to heavy loss of cadres in gun battles with the police in recent past.

"The incident took place on April 23 in Kohkodi village under Mardapal police station limits. However, it came to light yesterday when a police team was carrying out a search operation in that area," Kondagaon Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallav told.