India, Aug. 30 -- A 25-year-old visiting teacher in government schools (shikshadoot) was allegedly killed by unidentified men in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, police said.

The deceased, Kallu Tati, a resident of Todka village, was posted in a school in Lendra village.

A team of security forces was sent to the spot on Saturday morning and further details are awaited, a police officer said.

According to police, at least seven teachers have been killed by suspected Maoists in four districts of Bastar in the last three years - five of them in 2025 alone. A teacher was killed in Sukma district on August 27, while another was murdered in Narayanpur on August 15.

Last month, two teachers wer...