Naxalites kill tribal man for being police informerA Naxal pamphlet was recovered from near the body, which said that he was a police informer, the police said. 
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Gadchiroli: A tribal man was allegedly killed by Naxalites on the suspicion of being a police informer in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, police said on Friday.
The victim, Ashok Talande, a resident of Dhamrancha village in Aheri taluka of the district, was found dead on a road in the wee hours of Friday, they said.
A Naxal pamphlet was recovered from near the body, which said that he was a police informer, the police said. A senior police official, however, told PTI that the deceased was not a police informer. The reason behind his murder is being probed, he said.