Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), July 7 -- A former sarpanch of Chinnakodepal village in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district was shot dead by Maoists, police said on Monday.
The Maoists killed the former sarpanch on Sunday night and then left his body on the way to the village. When the villagers got the news that the Naxalites had killed the former sarpanch, they informed the police.
The police reached the spot and started investigating the murder case of the former sarpanch.
No arrests have been made in the case so far.
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