Overview

• Police identified the victim as Satyam Punem of Mujalkanker under Ilmidi police station limits, who was strangled on Monday night.
• Officials said a pamphlet attributed to the Maoists’ Madded area committee claimed he had been warned three times to stop aiding police.
• Investigators reported that four to five Maoists in plain clothes took Punem from his home before the killing.
• Bijapur police registered a case, dispatched forces to the area, and launched a search operation, according to SP Jitendra Yadav.
• With this incident, officials report nearly 40 deaths in Maoist-linked violence across Bastar in 2025, following at least 11 BJP workers and leaders killed in 2023–2024.