Suspected Maoists beat up one Ganga Madhi to death in the wee hours of Wednesday at Kabasiguda village under the Kalimela police limits in Malkangiri district.
Sources said that a group of suspected Maoists attacked Ganga when he was sleeping outside his house with his son. His son too was injured in the attack, the sources added.
The sources also said the ‘Maoists’ killed Ganga suspecting him a police informer.Police have begun investigations to ascertain whether the attackers were Maoists or some other people who had enmity with Ganga.