Naxalites kill deputy sarpanch in Chhattisgarh's Sukma
As per preliminary information, a group of Naxalites asked the victim, Muchaki Rama, the deputy sarpanch of Tarlaguda village panchayat, to step out of his house and took him with them, he said.
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