Maharashtra: 2 villagers killed by Maoists in Gadchiroli district

Maoists allegedly killed two persons at a village in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, police said on Monday. The incident took place in Puraslagondhi village of Gadchiroli, located around 170 km from Nagpur, on Sunday night, a police official said.

According to preliminary information, the victims - Maaso Pungati (55) and Rishi Meshram (52) - worked in Gadchiroli's Surajgadh mines which the Maoists disapproved of, and hence the ultras killed them, he said.

The Gadchiroli police in a release said Pungati was a "Maoist sympathizer" and not a 'police patil', as claimed in a section of media. The duties of a police patil include reporting a crime in the village to the police station and is governed by the Maharashtra Village Police Act.

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