Tag: Chitrakonda

Malkangiri: In yet another instance of naxal terror, Maoists allegedly killed a villager by slitting his throat in Orapadar village in cut-off areas of Chitrakonda in Malkangiri. Around 20 Maoists on Monday night barged into the village and allegedly dragged the villager out of his home. Later he was found dead at one end of […]

Chitrakonda: Once again setting an example of bravery and humanity, the BSF Jawans in Chitrakonda area came to the rescue of a woman patient and helped her reach a nearby hospital after ferrying her through Gurupriya river here on Saturday. As per sources, the woman Rukuna Kanchai from Jantapai village in the cut-off area delivered […]

Malkangiri: A BSF jawan posted in West Bengal has been arrested for allegedly cheating and impregnating a woman from Malkangiri district on false assurance of marriage. The 23-year-old woman had earlier come in contact with the BSF Jawan Suresh Kumar while he was posted at MV 79 at Malkangiri in 2013. After maintaining physical relationship, […]

Malkangiri: Maoists once again unleashed terror by killing a tribal man over suspicion of being a police informer and torching a JCB machine and tractors engaged in road construction work at Nakamamudi Pipilipadar village in the cut off areas of Chitrakonda in Malkangiri district on Tuesday night. The deceased has been identified as Sadhu Khemunu […]

Chitrakonda: Congress activists led by former Nabarangpur MP Pradeep Majhi are observing a dawn-to-dusk bandh in Chitrakonda today and have staged dharna in front of the office of tehsildar demanding speedy redressal of their grievances related to issuance of caste certificate, land rights to forest dwellers and house plot to homeless tribals. Vehicular traffic in […]

Malkangiri: After a brief lull in naxalite activities, Maoists once again struck terror in Panasput, an interior village in the cut off areas of Chitrakonda in Malkangiri district, by thrashing three villagers severely at a Praja Court. Sources said the Maoists abducted former sarpanch of Panasput Arjun Hantal and two of his associates suspecting them […]

Malkangiri: The CPI Maoists, through a letter today, owned up the ration loot from a boat near Totapadar in cut-off areas of Chitrakonda in Malkangiri district last month. The ration was being carried for BSF Jawans posted in the interiors. In the letter, the Maoists have mentioned that the loot was a way of protesting Andhra […]

Malkangiri: Bonda tribe beneficiaries in Chitrakonda of Malkangiri district have alleged misappropriation in the supply of Public Distribution System (PDS) rice. While the point of sale (PoS) machines at the panchayat shows nil data, 125 quintals of rice was seen stocked in the panchayat godown. When asked about it, the supply assistant said some beneficiaries […]

Malkangiri: Maoists today killed a tribal man, suspecting him to be a police informer, at Panasput village under Chitrakonda Tehsil of Malkangiri district. As per reports the ultras arrived on a boat at Spillway Ghat near Chitrakonda and gunned down one Sama Pangi. Sama, originally a resident of Jantri village under Kalimela Tehsil, was hiding […]

Malkangiri: Maoists reportedly looted two boats laden with rations meant for BSF Jawans near Totapadar in cut-off areas of Chitrakonda in Malkangiri district last evening. According to sources, the grocery items were being transported to Kunturpadar police camp. The ultras robbed all the rations after beating up the boatmen. “A private boat was carrying the […]

Malkangiri: Maoists threat forced a family of Paparmetla Palem village in the district to leave home and take shelter in cut off areas of Chitrakonda. As many as 10 members of the family of Kamal Khila took the decision as the rebels branded their son working outside the State as police informer. “As my eleder […]

Malkangiri: Maoists’ threat continues to haunt people in the tribal areas so much that every other day people run away to safer places to live or are threatened to vacate their villages. A youth who also fled Luchapani village in Chitrakonda of the district on Saturday is just an addition to the growing number. Few […]

Malkangiri: A family in cut-off area of Chitrakonda has left village after getting constant threats from Maoists for the last couple of days, sources said on Saturday. Three members of the family from Jantri village had to vacate their house after the ultras threatened them in a Praja Court. According to reports, one of the […]

Malkangiri: More than 350 rare species of turtles were seized and three persons arrested by forest officials in Chitrakonda on Thursday. The turtles were being illegally transported in an auto rickshaw at a local market in MV-79 under Kalimela police limits. A forest official said the rare turtles had been kept in eight bags and […]

Malkangiri: A hardcore Maoist was killed in an exchange of fire between police and the red rebels in Kapatuti forest of Chitrakonda on the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border in the wee hours today. Large amount of Maoist-related materials were seized from the spot following the encounter. Acting on a tip-off regarding presence of a Maoist camp in the […]