Malkangiri: Maoists allegedly gunned down a person, suspecting him to be a police informer, at Barubeda village under Mathili block in Malkangiri district.
A group of 20-25 armed Maoists barged into the house of Anantaram late on Tuesday. They dragged him outside the house and thrashed him.
Later, the Red rebels forcibly took him about 10-15 km away from the village to Dhakadarashi and shot him from close range. They accused him of passing information regarding Maoists activities to the cops.
The family members of the deceased started looking for him and found his body lying in a pool of blood at Dhakadarashi this morning.
On being informed, police rushed to the spot and seized the body for postmortem.
Meanwhile, combing operations have been intensified in the region.
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