Maoists gun down villager in AP's Khammam district

Armed Maoists allegedly shot dead a villager in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh accusing him of acting as a police informer, police said today.

A group of ultras went to the house of one Admaiah (50), a labourer, and dragged him to the outskirts of Tatilanka village under Chintoor police station limits at around midnight yesterday.

After 'interrogating' him, they shot him dead before fleeing the spot, an investigating officer said.

Chintoor Police booked a case and were further investigating.