India, Jan. 27 -- The Maoists allegedly killed a 41-year-old man accusing him of being a police informer in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Sunday evening, police said on Monday.

The victim, identified as Bhadru Sodhi, was attacked with an axe at his residence in Keshamundi village under Bhairamgarh police station limits. He succumbed to his injuries on the spot, a police officer said.

Police rushed to the location after receiving information about the incident and the body was sent for postmortem, the officer added.

A pamphlet allegedly issued by the Bhairamgarh area committee of Maoists, accusing Sodhi of being a "traitor", was found at the scene.

The pamphlet claimed that Sodhi was involved in the now-disbanded Salwa Judum anti-...