Maoist cadre opposing Republic Day celebration stoned to death by Odisha villagers
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Angry villagers stoned to death a Maoist cadre at Janturai village under Papermetla police limits in Malkangiri district yesterday.
The Maoists, however, set fire to at least 15 houses in the village in a retaliatory action forcing the authority to rush the forces to the village to provide security to the villagers.
Sources said two Maoists riding on a motor bike terrorized the the villagers and warned them not to celebrate the Republic Day celebration.
The villagers suddenly started pelting stones at the Maoists in which one was killed on the spot and other was seriously injured and overpowered by the villagers.
After the incident, the Maoists in a retaliatory action set ablaze few houses in the village. Security after the incident was beefed up to prevent further attacks by the Red rebels in the village.
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