Maoist held for Orissa leader’s murder
September 27th, 2009 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Bhubaneswar, Sep 27 (IANS) A Maoist rebel allegedly involved in the murder of an Orissa political party leader was arrested from Malkangiri district Sunday, police said.
“Kotam Joga was arrested from his Togurkota village today during a combing operation by police and Special Operations Group personnel,” Superintendent of Police Satyabrata Bhoi told IANS.
According to police, Joga was involved in the killing of Somnath Madakami, a leader of the Sambrudha Odisha party.
Madakami was killed in April when he was contesting assembly elections from Malkangiri constituency.
Joga was also involved in several other crimes including the murder of Aasi Rama, a villager, police said.
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Tags: aasi, assembly elections, constituency, crimes, joga, maoist, orissa, party leader, rama, somnath, special operations group, superintendent, villager
