Maoists kill man in Orissa suspecting him to be police informer

Maoists killed a man in Orissa's Malkangiri district suspecting him to be a police informer, police said today.

The victim, identified as Nityananda Nag, 50, was forcibly taken away from his house by a group of ultras late last night and his body was found this morning near Kutuguda in Kalimela area, about 50km from Malkangiri, they said.

Nag's head had been smashed with some blunt object, they said adding that the body had been sent for post-mortem.

The ultras killed Nag as they apparently suspected that he was operating as a police informer, they said.

A couple of banners and Maoist posters were found near his body opposing any special operation by the security forces against the left wing extremists.

Patrolling has been intensified and combing operation launched in the area after the incident.