Decomposed body of Maoist recovered

Police have recovered a decomposed body of a Maoist who was killed during a gun battle in Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday. Superintendent of Police, Gariaband, Ram Gopal Garg, informed mediapersons that the Maoist was killed in a gun battle between the rebels and the police on May 31. Also known as Naxals, the rebels have fought for decades in a wide swathe of central and eastern India, including many resource-rich regions, where tensions run high between poor farmers and industrial developers. The Maoists say they are fighting for the rights of millions of landless people.