Maoists torched a contractor’s camp and killed a person at Bhitarakota village under the Patangi police limits in Koraput district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Jayaram Khila, who was supervisor at the camp.
The Red rebels also set on fire two Hiwa trucks, a Hitachi machine, a tractor and a tipper.
According to reports, around 50 Maoists opposed the construction of a road to Bhitarakota. They also held a meeting in the presence of around 200 villagers in which the latter too opposed the road work.\However, Khila supported the construction of road, following which the irate Maoists killed him by slitting his throat, sources said. The Maoists also kidnapped ten workers of the camp before fleeing the spot. However, they released the workers after taking away their mobile phones, data machines and documents from them.