RAIPUR: A sarpanch’s husband in Rajnandgaon district was abducted and brutally murdered by Maoists in the early hours of Thursday.
Police said about 25 uniformed and armed Maoists barged into the house of 47-year-old Mainu Ram Salam, an ex-sarpanch, in Pardoni village, dragged him out and began beating him savagely, accusing him of being a police informer. Police later found his body dumped on the outskirts of the village.