After a brief lull, the Maoists again made their presence felt in Rayagada district by allegedly gunning down a village guard at Tikarpada village under the Ambadala police station on Tuesday night. The decease identified as Santosh Dandasena, was killed on the suspicion of being a police informer.According to reports, more than 10 armed Maoist cadres swooped down on the village and dragged Dandsena out of his house. Later, the ultras shot him on the village road and left the village. The Maoists left two handwritten notes at the spot, mentioning that they killed Dandasena as he was working as a police informer. “Despite repeated warnings Santosh Dansena remained active as a police informer who also persuaded other youths to follow in his footsteps. We punished him for his deeds,” stated the posters.The Maoists also warned youths to stay away from police or else they would meet same fate as Dandsena. Later, police reached spot, sent body for postmortem and started an investigation.