Three killed in Maoist attack in Jharkhand

Chatra (Jharkhand), Oct 20 (PTI) Three persons, including
the head of a naxal outfit, were killed and six others
critically injured when Maoists attacked at Rajpur in the
district in the wee hours on Tuesday.

The dead, identified as Umesh Mali, head of a naxal
outfit 'Sastra People's Morcha' (SPM), Umesh Singh Bhokta, a
local leader of Lokjanshakti Party and Ranjit Rajjak, were
watching a cultural programme near Rajpur Middle School around
2 am, when a group of armed Maoists fired on them, District
Superintendent of Police Deo Bihari Sharma said here in the
eastern state.

The condition of all the injured, including a police
driver, is stated to be critical, he said.

The CPI (Maoist) is involved in a turf war with SPM, the
Jharkhand Prastuti Samiti and the Tritiya Prastuti Samiti. PTI
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