145;Stressed-out146; cop shoots top Naxalite in custody

The IG said the murder was committed in a fit of anger. 8220;In preliminary questioning, the accused has accepted that he was fed up with the constant pressure faced in a Maoist-infested area,8221; the IG said

The IG said this was the first such case in the state where a uniformed personnel had killed a Naxalite in police custody. 8220;Police had taken Dhanraj to Ramgarh police post in connection with the recovery of weapons hidden by the extremists in the nearby jungles,8221; a source said.

Police sources said Dhanraj was a top Naxalite with a rank of area commander and carried a reward of Rs15,000 on his head. Suspected of being involved in several acts of violence in Naxal-infested districts of Korea, Balrampur, Surajpur, Sarguja and in neighbouring districts of Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand, he had been arrested along with his wife from Baikunthpur area of Korea on Monday. His wife, Urmila, is still in police custody.