Maoists kill two Chhattisgarh cops

Raipur, June 19 (IANS) Maoist rebels, who had abducted two policemen in Chhattisgarh’s restive Bastar region two days ago, Friday murdered them and dumped the bodies on a roadside in a forested area, police said.

Insurgents had kidnapped two men of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF), Ram Bhuwan Patel and Dhanjay Verma, from a hilly stretch in Bijapur district, some 450 km south of here.

Police said the victims’ throats were slit with sharp edged weapons.