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Time of India
4 hours ago
- Time of India
Bastar man killed in Maoist ‘jan adalat' for celebrating I-Day with villagers
Raipur: A young villager who was killed by Maoists in a 'jan adalat' in the Bastar region was not murdered for the usual suspicion of being a police informer, but allegedly for hoisting the national flag on a Maoists' memorial and singing the national anthem with students and villagers on the spot. When dozens of remote villages in the Red zone of the Bastar division witnessed the Tiranga fluttering for the first time since independence, Maoists with clenched teeth were possibly seeking a reason to attack the villagers. A young villager, Manesh Nureti, 28, was killed in a 'jan adalat' of Maoists on Monday, which was initially reported as a killing after he was accused of working as a police informer. However, villagers who attended the 'jan adalat' on that day, having been summoned by Maoists to appear in the 'adalat', recounted the horrific story at a weekly market at Chhotebethiyha on Thursday. "Manesh Nureti had called upon children, school students and villagers to gather at a place close to the primary school where Maoists had erected their memorial. All of us gathered happily and celebrated Independence Day, singing the national anthem. Then Nureti hoisted the flag on Maoists' memorial—the red pillar established in memory of deceased cadres," a villager narrated before a security personnel deployed at the weekly market. Eventually, other locals also gathered and said, "His fault was to put Tiranga on the pillar. Maoists had rebuked him during jan adalat. The video of the event was accessed by Maoists and they summoned villagers inside the forest. Nureti was pointed out and was sentenced to death in front of hundreds of villagers." The villagers of Konge panchayat did not speak any further, a security personnel from the spot told TOI. Police are yet to officially get details and confirmation about the sequence of the incident and how Nureti was killed or if the body was handed over to family. Kanker SP Indira Kalyan Elesela said, "We haven't heard from Nureti's family, they have closed themselves up and are inaccessible. Police are trying to find out if the celebration of a national event was the trigger point. As far as we know, Nureti was a progressive person who was interested in development of the region." Nureti had studied till Class XII in a residential school and was contributing as a teacher for school students. After a violent act by Maoists, villagers go into hibernation and do not open up. Even if they have lost a beloved family member, they would be forced to say, "but he died of snakebite." Binagunda village, which apparently witnessed flag hoisting for the first time since independence, is located on the borders of Kanker and Narayanpur districts in the Bastar division. It was a special day on Aug 15, because this region had earlier seen only black flags and Maoist banners, leaflets warning villagers not to observe the national event, but this time, they were excited to see arrangements being made for flag hoisting. The wooden Maoist memorial was recently put up by the cadres of the north Bastar division and Partapur area committee during their 'shaheedi saptah' (martyrs week). Binagunda and surrounding forests and villages were among the worst Maoist-affected places in Bastar until April 2024, when security forces killed 29 Maoists in a single encounter. Those killed included senior rank cadres too. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area.
Time of India
6 hours ago
- Time of India
Maoists torch two vehicles in Chatra
1 2 Chatra: A squad of armed Maoists torched two vehicles, a pick-up van and a tractor, in a village after they failed to track down a man suspected to be a police informer. The squad, led by Manohar Ganjhu, visited Lembodih-Vishanpur village in Lawalong block late on Wednesday night to get hold of one Satan Ganjhu. Unable to find him, the squad created a ruckus and torched the vehicles. Sources said Satan had allegedly provided tips to the police which helped them raze poppy crops in the area, which irked the Maoists. Simaria sub-divisional police officer Shubham Khandelwal said search is underway to track down the are probing the incident," he said. TNN Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area.
The Hindu
6 hours ago
- The Hindu
Maoists kill villager in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district
The Chhattisgarh police on Thursday (August 21, 2025) said they had received information about Maoists killing a youth after labelling him as a police informer in Kanker district on August 17. A video of the purported victim — Manish Nuereti, a resident of Binagunda village under the Chhottebetiya Police Station — unfurling the Tricolour on Independence Day surfaced on social media. Chhottebetiya is the same area where 29 Maoists were killed in the first big encounter of 2024. 'We have received information about the killing of Manish Nuereti. Further information is being collected, and appropriate action will be taken after due verification of facts,' said Bastar Inspector General of Police P. Sundarraj. In the undated video, Mr. Nuereti is seen unfurling the Tricolour on what appears to be a Maoist memorial and celebrating with a bunch of children. Body yet to be recovered While it has been four days since the incident took place in Binagunda village, the police are yet to recover the body or contact the villagers because a swollen Kotri river, a tributary of Indravati, has cut off the area. Also the phone connectivity remains interrupted. Kanker Superintendent of Police Indira Kalyan Elesela said on Thursday that the police were yet to speak to the family or establish the exact sequence of events. Another police officer told The Hindu that a banner was found in a less affected area in the Maoist zone informing about the said murder and the Maoists taking responsibility for the same. 'In the banner, the names of Nuereti and others were written calling them police informers and blaming them for encounters in which Naxals were killed,' said the officer. Mr. Elesela told journalists that it was being probed whether Mr. Nuereti had any past connections with the police and added that often Maoists used such claims as a pretext to kill villagers.
