A group of Maoists have allegedly killed a man in Malkangiri district by slitting his throat suspecting him of being a police informer.
The deceased was identified as Dinabandhu Bepari of Jadamba village in the Chitrakonda area of the district.
According to reports available on Tuesday, Bepari, a trader by profession, was on Monday heading towards Panashput from Jadamba with his family when the Maoists intercepted him and took him with them. Later, the Red ultras murdered him by slitting his throat at the Khajuriguda forest.
Being informed, family members of the deceased reached the spot and brought his body to their house. Till last reports came in, police were yet to comment on the incident.