Overview

• Kallu Tati, 25, was abducted on Friday evening while returning from Lendra village school and was found dead the next day near his home in Todka, according to police.
• A security team was sent to the location after authorities confirmed the killing, with further details awaited.
• The death marks the ninth killing of a shikshadoot in the recent wave as schools reopen in conflict-affected interiors.
• Reports differ on district-wise tolls, with some accounts listing five victims in Bijapur and four in Sukma, and others citing six in Bijapur and three in Sukma.
• Officials link the pattern to Maoist reprisals, with more than 30 people killed in Bastar this year and local school attendance falling as fear spreads.