Maoists have gunned down the father of a panchayat samiti member in Motu area of Malkangiri district suspecting him to be a police informer, police said today.
A group of about 40 armed ultras struck at the house of Prabhakar Madkami, father of Manyamkonda panchayat, late last night and brought him out of the house, the police said.
Madkami, aged about 60 years, was taken to a nearby forest by the red rebels and his bullet-riddled body was found along a jungle road this morning, Superintendent of Police Akhileswar Singh said.
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A poster, left near the body, claimed that Madkami was killed as he was passing on information about the activities of the Maoists to the police and BSF, he said.
The poster also warned the villagers that they should have no link with the security forces, police said.
BSF and police personnel rushed to the site and investigation was on.
The killing came close on the heels of abduction of seven persons by the Maoists from two villages in Kalimela area of the district in the early hours yesterday, the police said.
Earlier, Maoists had kidnapped three persons, including Padia Madi, the son of a village sarpanch of Gamphakunda, on December 4.
One of them escaped the next day, while the other two were released on December 7, they said.
