Koraput (Orissa), August 09: Suspected Maoists today allegedly gunned down a Chasi Muliya Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) leader in this district.
Kendruka Arjun, secretary of CMAS’s Bandhugaon unit was shot dead and the body was found in a pool of blood near Katulpeta village, police said here.
A group of armed rebels waylaid Arjun near Katulpeta, shot him from close range and slit his throat, SDPO (Laxmipur) Y J Rao said.
Arjun had contested Assembly election last year as an independent candidate from Laxmipur seat.
Though no Maoist letter or poster has been recovered from the spot, Arjun has been killed in a fashion that Maoists use to kill their targets, he added.
–Agencies