Maoists gun down two folks in Odisha after branding them as police informers

By Express News Service
BERHAMPUR: A gaggle of Maoists allegedly killed two folks together with the son of a Sarpanch in Kandhamal district, police sources stated on Saturday.

The deceased have been identifed as Bhabani Shankar Patra, son of the Bhandarangi Sarpanch, and Hemanta Patra of Gochaguda village below Belghar police limits.

While Bhabani’s physique was discovered mendacity close to the Bhandarangi panchayat workplace, Hemanta’s physique was recovered from a roadside bush in Gochaguda village.

Police stated a gaggle of left wing extremists allegedly invaded the village and dragged the 2 out of their respective homes and shot them level clean on Friday night time.

Branding them as police informers, the Maoists, who claimed to be members of Bansadhara-Ghumsar-Nagabali division of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) outfit, killed the duo and threatened their relations with dire penalties.

Posters put up close to the spot talked about that the 2 youth had been informing police concerning the motion of Maoists and their hideout that led to the loss of life of 5 members, included 4 girls, of the division on September 2 final 12 months.

Claiming accountability for the double homicide, they requested different police informers to give up in 15 days. The informers will likely be awarded the loss of life penalty if they don’t give up, they warned.

“We have information on the villagers who are providing inputs to police. All the informers should surrender at the Jan Adalat in the next 15 days, or else they will also meet the same fate,” the poster warned.

In one other poster, the Maoist leaders urged the members of the Gond tribe to not permit their youngsters to work for the police. The youths are being brainwashed to turn out to be police informers, which mustn’t occur, the poster learn.

Fearing the Maoists, the household of the deceased avoided submitting a police criticism as panic gripped villagers in Gochaguda following the cold-blooded homicide.

A group of police officers reached the spot with a bomb disposal squad and despatched the our bodies for post-mortem.

Earlier, Kandhamal police had busted two Maoist hideouts in Daringibadi and Chakapada blocks from the place a gaggle of rebels fled after an trade of fireplace.