Maoists kill another BJP leader in Bastar ahead of polls

According to initial reports, Ratan Dubey, the BJP worker active as district vice-president and Zila panchayat member, was addressing an election rally in Dhaudai region near Kaushalnagar in Narayanpur. Five kilometres from Jharghati police station, BJP worker Ratan Dubey who had gone out for election campaign was killed by unidentified Maoists using a sharp-edged weapon, a police statement said.