Malkangiri (Orissa), Mar 23 Maoists today shot at and critically injured a special police officer (SPO) and a villager hours before the end of their two-day bandh in Orissa's Malkangiri district.
"The SPO Basudev Khila who went to his native Maribeda village in Kalimela police station to take part in Chaitra Parva tribal festival was shot at," Additional Superintendent of Police Uma Shankar Das said.
"Maoist guerrillas asked Khila and the other villager to come out of the festival venue where they were dancing with boys and girls. As they came out, the duo was taken to a nearby jungle and shot from close range," he said.
They managed to flee from the site with injuries, the police said, adding the injured were taken to a hospital.
10:57 PM
SPO, villager injured in Maoist fire
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