Villager killed by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh

A man has been killed by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Wednesday.

The body of Michcha Hadma was found on a road on the outskirts of his village Timapur under Basaguda police station limits on Tuesday, a police official said.

As per preliminary information, a group of unidentified Naxalites attacked him with an axe following which he died on the spot, he said.

After being alerted, a police team went to the spot and the body was shifted for post-mortem, the official said.

The exact reason behind the murder was yet to be ascertained, he said, adding that a search operation has been launched in the area to trace the assailants.