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Village head shot dead by Maoists

BERHAMPUR: Maoists on Saturday shot dead another village head at Urbali village under Motu police station in Malkangiri.

Maoists are targetting the village heads now. It was the 11th murder of a village head by the Maoists in Malkangiri district in the last two years. The recent victim was also reported to be the fourth village chief to be murdered in last 15 days in Malkangiri district. All these four murders have occurred in Motu police station area of the district.

Raba Sudha, the village head of Urbali village under Motu police station. A group of Maoists dragged him out of his house and shot him from close range on Saturday. Just three days back Madkami Kanha, the village head of Peta village under the same police station was dragged out of his house and fired four bullets by the Maoists when he tried to run away. He died on way to hospital.

On April 3 Maoists had murdered Jagabandhu Sunam, a village elder and on March 27 the village head of Malavaram village, Jaga Madhi was killed by them. The Maoists had claimed that all these village heads were police informers.

On April 5, Maoists had gunned down 40-year-old Sayam Lacha and injured another at a wedding at Ragadpali village claiming them to be police informers. Through these murders they are trying to create panic in the minds of village chiefs to keep them away from the contact of policemen.

Through these murders they also want to create fear among the people who are opposed to naxals in rural areas of the district. Combing operation has been intensified in Motu police station area following these recent murders by Maoists.

Meanwhile, on Friday night two naxals were reportedly killed by a grey hounds troupe from Andhra Pradesh in the jungles near Jodamba and Paparmetla under Chitrakonda police station of Malkangiri district near Andhra-Orissa border. According to sources some arms and ammunition was also recovered from the spot.

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