Beheading is new Naxal signature

In the first instance of an abducted police officer being executed by Maoists, Jharkhand Special Branch Inspector Francis Induwar was beheaded and his body thrown on a forest stretch of National Highway 33 near Raisa, 23 km from Ranchi, this morning. He was killed three days after the Maoists reportedly demanded the release of their arrested leaders, including Kobad Ghandy, in exchange for the officer.

In Delhi, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram called the act unacceptable. “The cold-blooded murder is simply not acceptable. I condemn it.” The Jharkhand DGP, he said, had informed him that no demand for a swap had been made.

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