A <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/odisha-three-tribal-girls-gang-raped-in-kalahandi-23282001" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">tribal leader</a> was shot dead allegedly by Maoists in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/odisha-three-tribal-girls-gang-raped-in-kalahandi-23282001" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Odisha</a>`s Kandhamal district, police said Thursday.
The incident happened in Saulipada village on Wednesday night, they said.
The deceased, identified as Subal Kanhar, was a former sarpanch, said Tapan Kumar Nahak, the inspector-in-charge of Phiringia police station.
A group of over 10 armed Maoists stormed the village, and barged into Kanhar`s house. They then took him to the outskirts of the village where they shot him dead, police sources said.
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The Maoists suspected that he was working as a police informer, they said.
After receiving a series of threats from the Maoists, Kanhar left his village for Balliguda, where he was living for the last four years. He returned home a couple of months back after a new CRPF camp was set up nearby, locals said.
After the murder, locals started to flee the village out of fear. Police said a search operation was underway for those behind the murder.
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The deceased, identified as Subal Kanhar, was a former sarpanch, said Tapan Kumar Nahak, the inspector-in-charge of Phiringia police station

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