Ghasiyaram Salaam was shot dead by a group of Naxals at village Khadka under Bhanupratppur police station limits last night, a local police official told PTI.
Preliminary probe revealed that before killing him, they accused him of being a police informer, the official said.
A police team rushed to the spot after getting information about the incident this morning.
Security forces have launched a combing operation in the nearby forests to nab the assailants, the official said.