Maoists kill abducted J’khand cop

Ranchi, Oct. 6: The decapitated body of a Jharkhand police officer, who had been abducted by Maoists and was sought to be swapped for three of their leaders, including Kobad Ghandy, was found on the Ranchi-Jamshedpur highway Tuesday morning.
Francis Induwar, who worked as an intelligence officer in the Special Branch, had been kidnapped on September 30.
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) left a pamphlet claiming the killing, a police officer said. “Francis has been awarded death to protest the police repression,” stated the pamphlet by the outlawed group.
In New Delhi, the Union home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, called it “a cold-blooded murder”.
“I condemn it,” the minister said. “It is not acceptable. They have killed him in cold blood.”
He said that no demand was made for a swap of prisoners. “The DGP has told me there was no demand for a swap of prisoners. Besides, we are governed by the rule of the law.