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MP’s son gunned down by suspected naxals

RAIPUR: A Bharatiya Janata Party MP’s son was killed and his brother injured when suspected naxals fired at them on Saturday in their ancestral village in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh where the two siblings had gone to celebrate Durga Puja.

While Tansen, son of BJP Member of Parliament and tribal leader Baliram Kashyap, succumbed to his head injuries sustained in the attack in Pairaguda village, his bother Dinesh was wounded in the shoulder and was rushed to Maharani Hospital in Jagdalpur, said Inspector-General R. K. Vij.

He said the two brothers had gone to their ancestral village for Durga Puja celebrations whey they were attacked by four assailants on bicycles, who managed to escape.

It is suspected that the attack was carried out by the quick action group of the naxals, said I-G Vij, adding that a manhunt has been launched to nab the assailants.

Tansen was Chairman of the Bhanpuri block panchayat while Dinesh is the chief of the District Cooperative Bank.

The gory incident came barely a day after Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram visited Raipur to review the naxal problem and announced that the Centre would provide all possible help to the Chhattisgarh Government in its efforts to eradicate Left-wing extremism.

In Delhi, BJP president Rajnath Singh condoled the death of Mr. Kashyap’s son.

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