Maoists abducted a villager, branded him a police informer and thrashed him to death in Abujhmarh area of Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Friday, two days after security forces shot dead five Maoists and arrested three cadres in an Abujhmarh forest.
On Thursday night, armed Maoists abducted Chaituram Mandavi of Thulthuli village. Witnesses saw the rebels abusing him and accusing him of working for the police.
He was marched into a nearby forest where Maoists beat him until he died.