Informer killed

Maoists killed a man by slitting his throat at a kangaroo court in Orissas Koraput district holding him guilty of passing on information to the police. The body of the victim named Sapaura Sirika,who had been missing from his village since Friday night,was found lying in a pool of blood at Kalam-Jhadipada chowk,about 90 km from here,on Saturday,the police said on Sunday.

Quoting a letter purportedly written by Maoists and found from the spot by villagers,the police said the Left extremists claimed to have punished him at a kangaroo court peoples court as he was a police informer.