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Dr Nikhil Panse, assistant professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, said four to five patients were critical as they sustained 80 per cent burns.
The victim, identified as Komal Manjhi, was attacked by unidentified Naxalites when he was returning home after performing rituals at a goddess temple in Chhotedongar village
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Komal Manjhi is the third BJP worker to be killed by Maoists in Narayanpur district for alleged links to the mining business. He was returning home from a temple when he was murdered, officials said.
A BJP leader was killed by Maoists in Narayanpur of insurgency-hit Bastar division on Saturday. This was eighth such murder of persons associated with the BJP this year; the party recorded a huge victory in the recently concluded assembly polls in the state.