Quite an ominous threat.
Naxals threaten to behead Chhattisgarh Minister
RAIPUR: Suspected Maoists have threatened to behead Chhattisgarh Agriculture and Food Minister Nanki Ram Kanwar if he failed to pay Rs 10 lakh to a naxal organisation, officials said on Sunday. “We have received a letter at our ministerial residence here, in which the Minister has been asked to pay Rs 10 lakh to the Garhwa Zonal Committee of the Maoists Communist Centre (MCC),” the staff of the Minister said. “The letter, received last week by post, also said if the Minister fails to pay the amount and dares to visit his constituency in Korba district, he will be beheaded”, they said. Since Kanwar was on tour to his assembly constituency, he could not be cotacted. Confirming the incident, Home Minister Ram Vichar Netam said, he had spoken to the senior Tribal Minister on Saturday night and the officials have been asked to look into the threat…