Chhattisgarh: Cop killed in Bijapur district; police suspect role of Naxals

Bijapur: A policeman was hacked to death by some people in Chhattisgarh’s Naxalite-hit Bijapur district on Tuesday, an official said. While cops suspect the involvement of Naxals, they are looking into all possible angles, including personal enmity, the official said.

The crime was committed in the early hours at Patakutru village under Kutru police station limits where



victim assistant constable Sanjay Kumar Vedja had gone to meet his relatives, a senior police official said.

Vedja, posted at Bhadrakali police station, was attached to the police reserve centre in Bijapur town. He was on leave since June 11 and he went to Patakutru on Monday to visit his relatives, the official said.