Unknown event in Chhattisgarh, Paikram village under Awapalli Police Station limits in Bijapur District area, India on Sun 5th February 2023

Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres hacked to death a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionary, identified as Neelkanth Kakem (40), while he was attending a wedding function in Paikram village under Awapalli Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on February 5, reports The Hindu. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Bastar Range, Sundarraj P said, the incident took place on Sunday (February 5) in Paikram village where the victim, Neelkanth Kakem, who was the president of Awapalli Mandal (administrative sub division) of the BJP, had gone with his family to attend the marriage of a relative. A Maoist pamphlet, in the name of the Madded Area committee, claimed responsibility for the killing, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Chandrakant Governa said.