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1st LD Writethru: Indian leftwing rebels kill 4 policemen

Xinhua, July 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

India's leftwing rebels have killed four policemen they kidnapped in eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh, said local media Wednesday.

The policemen's bodies were found in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, Indo-Asian News Service quoted a state minister as saying in Raipur, the state capital of Chhattisgarh where there is a big presence of the Naxalite rebels.

State Home Minister Ramsewak Paikra called the murder a cowardice act in which the bodies of the policemen Jaydev Yadav, Raju Tela, Mangal Sodhi and Rama Majji were found near Gudma area of the district.

The four policemen were abducted on Monday night by the rebels, according to the report.

The Naxalite rebels are active in about 10 states, mostly in poor rural areas in eastern and central part of India. Endi