Over 50 armed rebels lifted Pandu Madkami (50) of Parsanpalli when he was sleeping in his house late last night and slit his throat at a nearby place, they said.
Madkami, also a petty contractor, and a few other villagers had been summoned by the Maoists to appear before their kangaroo court on October 17 and let off the next day with a warning, police said.
The Maoists suspected him to be acting as a police informer and asked him to refrain from it. They had also asked him to quit his contract work.
"We have information about the killing by Maoists. The police have gone to the spot for investigation", Superintendent of Police, Malkangiri, Akhilesh Singh said.