Article from The Hindu:28th May-2008

Advocate Killed by Naxals.
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Source: The Hindu (http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/05/28/stories/2008052857420100.htm)
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Maoists gun down BJD leader

Staff Reporter

Past association with naxals proves costly for the victim, says SP

BERHAMPUR: A lawyer, Prabir Kumar Mohanty, who was also secretary of the district unit of the BJD, was shot dead by Maoists in Malkangiri district of south Orissa in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The body was found near MPV-127 village in the morning. Four armed Maoists were involved in the killing of Mohanty who was a resident of MV-79 village, said Malkangiri Superintendent of Police, Satish Gajbhiye.
The Maoists killed him after calling him out for a ‘discussion’ in the nearby forest. He was shot from close range. The extremists left the body near MPV-127 village, four km from MV-79.
In letter left near the body, the Maoists said they killed him because he was a supporter of the Sangh Parivar and ‘exploiter’ of women and tribals.
According to the Superintendent of Police, the slain lawyer was defence counsel for arrested Maoists in several cases. Although he was a member of the BJD, he was active in RSS. There were also allegations that he had relationship with a tribal girl although he was married. This apparently made it easy for the Maoists to brand him an exploiter.

Border sealed

According to Mr. Gajbhiye, Mr. Mohanty was playing with fire due to his relationship with the Maoists as counsel. The Maoists seem to have thrown a challenge at the ruling alliance in the State through the murder of the BJD district secretary.
Two party observers of the BJD -- Balakrushna Ratha and Ramesh Majhi -- were at Malkangiri town since Monday to monitor the planning for the coming panchayat polls.
Following the killing, the inter-state border with Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in Malkangiri has been sealed and combing has been intensified to nab the naxals involved in the killing.

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