An 18-year-old man who was absconding in a gangrape case in Chhattisgarh died in neighbouring Odisha after coming in contact with a live wire laid by farmers to protect their crops from wild animals, the police said on Thursday. The man and seven others are accused of raping a 27-year-old tribal woman in Raigarh on Monday

The Naxals surrendered themselves as they were impressed by police's rehabilitation drive 'Lon Varratu' and disappointed with hollow Maoist ideology.