India, Jan. 16 -- Orchestrating their first incident of violence of the current year, on January 4, 2023, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a tribal, Soyam Subbaiah, after branding him a 'police informer', in the Juvvigudem village of Chintur Mandal (administrative sub-division) in Alluri Sitarama Raju District. About 10 Maoists, suspected to have come from the Konta area in Chhattisgarh, went to the house of the victim in Juvvigudem, and allegedly thrashed him to death.

A letter purportedly left by the Maoists, read, "Subbaiah was an active police informer and we wanted to punish him.'' It was also alleged that Subbaiah was working as a 'police informer' for the past five years and that the Maoists had warned hi...