Malkangiri (Odisha): Maoists gunned down three persons, including a village panchayat ward member abducted by them two days ago, in further bloodletting in Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Saturday.
The bullet-riddled bodies of Tulasi Behera, ward member of Chintalguda, and Jaga Madkami of Ramaguda, who had been kidnapped by the Maoists in the early hours of December 12, were found in a forest at Bejangwada area, police said. In another incident, a contractor was shot dead by suspected Maoists in Kalimela area on Saturday evening. Gautam Sha (35) was outside his house when he was gunned down. (PTI)