Raipur: In one of the cruelest displays of barbarism, Communist Party of India (Maoist) beat a four-month-old boy to death and then buried the body in front of the baby’s mother in Bijapu district of Chhattisgarh.
However, some media reports say that the Maoists hit the infant with a rod and buried the body near their camp.
“The Maoists have killed a four-month-old child by brutally beating it with sticks. The child’s father has lodged a complaint with the Gangaloor police. The incident has exposed the brutal and real face of Maoists,” said Bastar Inspector-General of Police SRP Kalluri to media sources.
It was a revenge killing as the infant’s father, Tati Aayatu, his wife, daughter and kid were kidnapped by the Maoists. When Aayatu managed to give the Maoists a slip, it enraged them greatly and they took brutal revenge by killing the baby, that too in front of his mother.
The Police have registered a case against three accused Dula Oyam, Masa Tati and Mangu. They have been booked under Sections 34, 302 and 363 of the Indian Penal Code.
Meanwhile, school students today took out rallies protesting against the shocking incident.
“Substantial efforts have been made to wipe out Naxalism from the state and the issue will be solved to a certain extent in Bastar and other insurgency-hit areas in the next three years,” Chief Minister Raman Singh told reporters.