A former sarpanch, who was among three persons kidnapped three days ago, was today killed by Maoists, the third victim in a week in Odisha's Kalahandi district, police said.
The body of Jayant Majhi, a former sarpanch of Trilochanpur and a resident of Sapuachanchala village, was found by villagers lying in a pool of blood on the road connecting Lanjigarh and Bijepur.
A leaflet found near the body said Majhi was killed as he was a police informer, the police said.
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The other two kidnapped along with him on October 30 were earlier released.
Maoists had killed two other persons earlier on October 26 over the death of a woman cadre in an encounter with policemen at Katlanga reserve forest on October 15.
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