Raipur, Aug. 21 -- A 24-year-old tribal youth, Manesh Nureti, was brutally killed by Maoists in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh after he hoisted the national flag on Independence Day at a site regarded by the insurgents as their "martyrs' memorial."
According to police sources, Manesh, a resident of Binagunda village under Chhotebethiya police station limits, was abducted late Monday night by armed cadres of the CPI (Maoist) Partapur Area Committee. He was taken before a jan adalat (kangaroo court) and accused of being a police informer. Following this, Manesh was executed in front of terrified locals. His body was later recovered by the relatives, with Maoist posters and banners left nearby in which the rebels openly claimed responsibilit...