A Delhi University Professor has been booked along with Maoists and others on charges of murder of a tribal villager in the insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Monday.

"An FIR was lodged against DU Professor Nandini Sundar,Archana Prasad (JNU Professor), Vineet Tiwari (from Delhi'sJoshi Adhikar Sansthan), Sanjay Parate (Chhattisgarh Communist Party of India-Marxist state secretary and others along with Maoists for the murder of Baghel based on the complaint of his wife on Saturday," Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) S R P Kalluri said.

They were booked under section 120 B (criminalconspiracy), 302 (murder), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code at Tongpal police station, the IG said adding, 'strongest possible action will be taken against those guilty after the investigation'.