The bodies of six villagers have been found with their throats slit by Maoist rebels in the forests of India's Chhattisgarh state, police say
May 17 (BBC).─ The dead, who included a local village chief, were kidnapped by Maoist rebels who accused them of spying for the government, officials said.
Last month, the rebels launched a major attack against paramilitary soldiers in the state, killing 76.
Thousands of people have died during the rebels' fight for communist rule.
The Maoists say they are fighting for the rights of rural poor who have been neglected by the government for decades.
The Maoist insurgency has been described by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as the country's biggest internal security threat.
'Innocent villagers'
Sunday's attack took place in Rajnandgaon district.
The victims were abducted by the rebels last week and their bodies were found in a forest area in Uchapur village.
"They are innocent villagers who were accused of being close to the police and of spying for the police," news agency Reuters quoted deputy inspector general of Chhattisgarh police, M Prasad Narayan, as saying ...[ Full text ]
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