Naxalites stormed a marriage function and killed the bridegroom by slitting his throat before the guests at Koder village in Maoist infested Bijapur district on Monday night. The extremists fled from the scene after killing Laxman Parlipal, who used to assist security forces at the Cherpal relief camp. Meanwhile, CRPF personnel and Maoist rebels had a two-hour long encounter near Kondagaon in Kanker district on Tuesday afternoon. The paramilitary forces were attacked by the rebels on their way to a nearby village following information that the Naxalites had killed a trader. Police said CRPF head constable Devidas was killed in the encounter while another head constable Shatrughan Singh Yadav and constable Grijashankar sustained serious injuries. Both the injured were rushed to Kanker district hospital.Two CRPF platoons had moved to Kondagaon to recover the body of Rakesh Kumar Singh, a trader who was abducted by the rebels on June 14, along with his two brothers. The rebels let off two of them, but killed Rakesh and left his body near Kondagaon.In another incident, Naxalites set ablaze an earth moving machine engaged in road construction at Lakshmipura under Pakhanjur police station in Kanker district.
