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Suspected Maoists kill two persons in Orissa village | Suspected Maoists killed two persons in Rebana village of Orissa's Keonjhar district this week. The victims were identified as Kailash Mahanta, a home guard (auxiliary
forces) and Tuna Behera, son of a retired policeman. Local villagers said that
around 40-45 Maoists raided the village on Thursday night and attacked the houses
of Kailash Mahanta, Tuna Behera and Hema Charana. They left two of them as killed
and torched Hemacharana's house and vehicles. Minati, one of the eyewitnesses
and a relative of the deceased said that the rebels were not from her village.
"First two male cadres followed by a female cadre came. Then a mass of cadre flocked
in. They were nearly 15-20 who had come to our house. I did not know any of them.
They were not from our village. They had covered their faces with black scarf
and were holding guns," said Minati. They dragged Kailash and Tuna to the crossroads
of the village and killed them there by slitting their throats. Maoists claimed
that the killed were police informants. "They set my house on fire and dragged
my bike and auto rickshaw and burnt it on the crossroad. They were shouting slogans
of "CPI (Communist Party of India) Zindabad" and left the place after sometime.
I had purchased the vehicles by taking loan from the bank. But they burnt them
down. What will I do now? They torched my house. How will I live? If the government
doesn't help us, I will be ruined. They threat us to leave the area. They even
threaten us of murdering our family members," Hemacharan, a victim. He also said
that when his family members heard the Maoists coming, they fled from the house
and managed to save their lives. Media reports say extremists have killed four
persons in the past fortnight in the district. The Maoists say they are crusading
against the prevailing political system for the cause of the poor and marginal
farmers and landless labourers. They have spread into rural pockets in 20 of India's
28 states and the movement has upset business prospects worth billions of dollars
in mining industries in central and eastern India. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
has already described the Maoists as India's gravest internal security threat. |
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