The Naib Tehsildar was missing from NH-30 in Kanker district from December 10. The police also recovered four bodies from the car who were identified as Naib Tehsildar Sapan Sarkar (66), a resident of Umerkote, Orissa, his wife Rita Sarkar (50), brother-in-law Vishwajit Adhikari, a resident of Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh and one of his relatives Hazari Lal Dadhi (67).
Over 71 per cent of voting was recorded in the Bhanupratappur assembly by-election - the highest among six assembly seats in five states of the country where polling was held on December 5.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and candidate for Bhanupratappur by poll Bramhanand Netam has reacted to the arrival of Jharkhand police in the state to arrest him in connection with the alleged rape of a minor.
Congress candidate for Bhanupratappur constituency in Chhattisgarh Savitri Mandavi claimed that people have been voting for the Congress as their government has set "standards of development."
The accused was identified as Suresh Kumar Sahu, a resident of Koyalibeda area of the district. The police also recovered Maoist pamphlets and materials used in triggering explosions, including wires and detonators, from the accused.
The accused took the victim to the forest of Singarbhat and raped her. She somehow managed to escape from there and reached Kotwali police station and lodged a complaint against the accused.
Bhanupratappur, an assembly constituency reserved for the scheduled tribes in Chhattisgarh, will go for by-elections on December 5 as the seat fell vacant for the death of Congress MLA and deputy speaker Manoj Mandavi.
A team of Cobra 206 battalion went out on a search this morning under the leadership of deputy commandant Saurabh Singh Yadav on the instruction of commandant Luv Kumar. During the search, the team member saw the bomb planted by the Naxalites