Naxalites kill road contractor imtiyaz ali in Chhattisgarh

Naxalites have allegedly killed a road construction contractor in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said on Monday.

The body of contractor Imtiyaz Ali was found late Sunday night near a security camp under Pamed police station limits, a senior official said. Ali was allocated the road construction work in the area, he said.

As per preliminary information, a group of Maoist



militia members abducted Ali near Metaguda security camp after thrashing him on Sunday evening, he said.

Ali’s assistant rushed to the security camp and informed the police about the incident, following which a search operation was launched in the area.

Later, his body was recovered by the security personnel and sent for postmortem, the official said, adding that further details were awaited.