Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (RD/CN)

Kundapur, Dec 8: Naxals gunned down a local BJP leader and farmer Keshav Yadiyala, at Hallihole, near here, on the night of Sunday December 7.

Sixty-year-old Yadiyala, a resident of Aksharapalu in Hallihole, was watching TV with his family when four armed naxals including two women arrived at his house.  The naxals dragged Yadiyala out into the courtyard and tied him to a tree and the two women  gunned him down. Meanwhile, the other naxals locked the entire family in a room, searched the house, and took away mobile handsets and money. 

The naxals then dumped Yadiyala’s body in their own jeep and set it ablaze.  One of them reportedly, later informed the media about the incident and said Yadiyala was slain for being a police informer. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and two sons. 

It is said that Yadiyala had provided police with information that led to a police encounter in 2005 at Devarabalu and the murder is in retaliation.