Belghar: Maoists reportedly killed two men of Belghar area in Kandhamal district late Friday night on suspicion of being police informers.
While the identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained, they have been identified as residents of Bhandirangi and Gochhaguda villages.
According to a source, the Red Rebels took them forcibly out of their respective houses and then killed them. The family members of the deceased villagers have not reported the incident to the police, fearing Maoists, it was learnt.
Notably, a Maoist camp was busted in the jungle near Lengiramunda village in Chakapada block in Kandhamal district January 8. Acting on a tip-off, SOG and BSF jawans and District Voluntary Force (DVF) teams had carried out a joint operation in the jungle.
They had had an exchange of fire with the Maoists and it continued for nearly half an hour till the Ultras turned tail and escaped into the jungle. Kandhamal SP Vineet Agrawal had then informed that grenades, detonators, splinters, explosives, wires, medicine, clothes and literature were seized.
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