Maoists kill police informer
Rourkela: Branding him a police informer, the Maoists on Saturday night killed one person in Sundargarh district during his sister's wedding, police said on Sunday.

Sukura Oram's body with the throat slit was found this morning.

A group of Maoists entered Kumakela village under Chandiposh police station, about 30 km from here, last night and abducted Oram when he was busy with the wedding ceremony of his sister, the sources said.

After the body was retrieved from near Champajharan over bridge, local people staged a road blockade demanding compensation to the family of Oram and security to the villagers.

It may be mentioned here that Oram’s house is just one kilometer away from a CRPF camp.

So once again the security of the villagers is in question.

Police said that it is the frustrated action of the Maoists after the joint combing operations on the borders the Odisha and Jharkhand and demolishing of two Maoists camps on Saturday.

The red rebels have called the 72-hour bandh in Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh on Sunday to protest against a proposed all-out offensive against them by the Centre.

Taking into view the bandh, the police have tightened security in Maoist prone areas under the direct supervision of Rourkela SP Deeptesh Pattnaik.

But still the villagers are scared.

However, the bandh call in the Maoist infested districts on Sunday like Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati districts had little response with shops and markets remaining open.

But bus services remained off the roads in the districts of Koraput, Gajapati and Malkangiri.

The Maoists have killed six persons during the past eight months including two CITU activists and a police sub-inspector in Sundargarh district's Bonai sub-division, police said.