In Chhattisgarh, Naxals kill abducted father of policeman

Raipur: Naxals have killed the father of a policeman, who they had abducted from Chhattisgarh`s Bijapur district last month, police said. "50-year-old Madiyami Sonu, father of Assistant Constable Asharam, was killed by Naxals with sharp weapons near Bhatwada village in the district," Additional Superintendent of Police Vivek Shukla told a news agency over phone.

Sonu had been abducted in December from his native Bhatwada village. The body was found near the village today, Shukla said. PTI