Indian left-wing Naxalite rebels kill 10 villagers for informing police

Indian police claimed Wednesday that the left-wing Naxalite rebels have killed at least 10 villagers in the central state of Chhattisgarh in the last couple of days.

"The rebels have killed 10 villagers in the Abhujmad area in the state's Narayanpur district, suspecting them to be police informers," a senior police official said, on condition of anonymity.

A large number of security forces have been rushed to the area to prevent any kind of massacre by the left-wing rebels, he said.

The security forces have also been asked to be alert while venturing into the forested areas of the district as the Naxalites could set up traps to kill them, the official said.

Local residents often become victims of Naxalite terror, apart from security forces who are the real targets of the rebels. Endit