Maoists kill Chhattisgarh cop in Khammam

Khammam, A Special Police Officer (SPO) attached with the Chhattisgarh Police was allegedly stabbed to death by suspected Maoist militia members in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh, police said today. 

M Somaiah (36), working as SPO at Maraigudem police station in Chhattisgarh, died on the spot after being stabbed by a group of militia members last evening near Kommanapalli village under Dummugudem mandal of Khammam district, along the inter-state border with Chhattisgarh, they said. 

Somaiah had come to Kommanapalli for a cock fighting event when he was attacked, a senior police official said, adding that Maraigudem police have registered a case in this regard. A hunt is on to nab the culprits. 

-PTI