BERHAMPUR: Suspected Maoists put up posters at Kurtamgarh under Tumudibandh police limits of Kandhamal district threatening to eliminate former Sarpanch Siris Malik. In the posters put up across Kurtamgarh market, they claimed that Siris was behind the murder of Bajrang Dal president Prakash Majhi.
Police, on the other hand, are yet to confirm if the posters were pasted by Maoists or other criminals. IIC of Tumudibandh Babashankar Saraf requested people not to panic and said police investigation is on.
In the last one month, nine Maoists were killed in exchange of fire with police in Kandhamal district.