In yet another barbaric act by the Maoists after a brief lull, a person was shot dead by them at Munuguluwalsa village under the Pottangi police limits in Koraput district late on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as G Apparao, husband of Talagoluru gram panchayat’s Naib Sarpanch.
According to reports, a group of 10 to 15 Maoists called Apparao out of his house and had an exchange of words with him, following which they opened fire at him, killing him on the spot. The Maoists also set on fire two tractors and a van of Apparao before leaving the spot.Though the reason behind the killing was yet to be ascertained, it was suspected that the Maoists might have targeted Apparao for being a police informer.