Hollowing claims of having put in place adequate security arrangements in Naxal infested areas ahead of the elections to the state Assembly, Maoist guerrillas on Sunday gunned down two local leaders of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Dantewada district, the police said.
The incident took place in a forested area, some 450 km south of Raipur, when the two leaders - Ramesh Rathore and Suryaprakash - were campaigning in their vehicle.
"Maoists stopped the vehicle. The leaders tried to flee but the insurgents caught them and killed (them)," Rahul Sharma, the district superintendent of police, said.
Insurgents had set ablaze a Congress vehicle in Bastar district on Friday and briefly abducted several party supporters. But they were released after they promised to keep off the election campaign.
The Communist Party of India-Maoist has given a poll boycott call and asked parties not to take part in election work in Bastar, where Maoists hold sway. Chhattisgarh goes to the polls November 14 and 20.
The incident took place in a forested area, some 450 km south of Raipur, when the two leaders - Ramesh Rathore and Suryaprakash - were campaigning in their vehicle.
"Maoists stopped the vehicle. The leaders tried to flee but the insurgents caught them and killed (them)," Rahul Sharma, the district superintendent of police, said.
Insurgents had set ablaze a Congress vehicle in Bastar district on Friday and briefly abducted several party supporters. But they were released after they promised to keep off the election campaign.
The Communist Party of India-Maoist has given a poll boycott call and asked parties not to take part in election work in Bastar, where Maoists hold sway. Chhattisgarh goes to the polls November 14 and 20.
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