Maoists kill tribal on charge of spying
January 7th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANSBhubaneswar, Jan 7 (IANS) Maoists Saturday killed a tribal in Odisha’s Koraput district, accusing him of spying on them for police, an official said.
The murder took place in a forested area under Bandhugaon police station, over 500 km from Bhubaneswar.
The middle-aged tribal was killed when he was on his way home, a senior district police official told IANS.
Villagers came across the body with its throat slit. The rebels left a leaflet nearby, claiming that the man was a spy for the local police, the official said.
Left wing extremists are active in more than half of Odisha and Koraput district is one of their strongholds.
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