Maoists gun down police officer in Chhattisgarh market
May 19th, 2011 - 12:44 am ICT by IANSRaipur, May 18 (IANS) Maoist rebels killed a special police officer and unleashed terror at a crowded weekly market in Chhattisgarh’s restive Dantewada district Wednesday, police said.
The incident took place at Chhindgarh village, some 500 km south of capital Raipur, where dozens of tribal villagers were doing shopping for daily domestic needs.
“Maoists opened fire at the SPO, Markam Kosa, who was buying some items at the popular weekly market. He died on the spot,” officials at the police headquarters told IANS.
The killing terrorised villagers who ran away from the market. The Maoists walked away freely before a contingent of policemen reached the spot.
The killing came a day after rebels blew up a vehicle of the para-military Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the same area on a national highway in which seven troopers were killed.
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