MALKANGIRI: A sarpanch was
brutally killed by the Maoists in Malkangiri district’s Chitrakonda area on the
suspicion of being a police informer, police said on Wednesday. He was
identified as Kurmanur panchayat Sarpanch Bhagban Krisani.
According to the Malkangiri
Superintendent of Police Akhileswar Singh, a group of about 25 Maoists struck
at the house of Krisani late on Tuesday night and asked him to accompany them.
The deceased’s body was found with his throat slit along a forest road near the
village on Wednesday morning, he added.
The armed Maoists after entering
into the village, called the sarpanch for a meeting. They took him to a nearby
jingle, 1km from the village, and gave him death sentence at the Praja court.
The ultras left a poster at the spot where Krisnani was murdered.
The security forces have
intensified combing operation in the area in the aftermath of the incident, the
police said.
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