Abducted Odisha police officer shot dead by Naxals

Abducted Odisha police officer shot dead by Naxals

Bhubaneswar: Abducted police officer Krupa Ram Majhi has been shot dead by suspected Naxals in Nuapada in Odisha. The police recovered Majhi's body from Nuapada. A team of 10 Maoists had abducted the ASI and had let off the constable accompanying him on Tuesday.

ASI Krupa Ram Majhi of the Dharambandha Police Station was abducted by suspected Naxals in Nuapada on Tuesday in retaliation to a combing operation that was being carried out by the police in the Nuapada forests.

Krupa Majhi was escorting a water tanker to a CRPF camp at Goudha when he was taken away by armed men.

This comes days after two hostage crisis in Odisha in a month.

This is the third hostage crisis in Odisha in the past two months. Earlier BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka was released on April 26 after being in the Naxals' custody for over a month.

Days before that, abducted Italian Paolo Bosusco was released by the Naxals in Odisha on April 11, after being in captivity for 29 days.