Maoists kill one,burn telecom equipment in Bihar

Armed Maoists shot dead a villager and burnt equipment of BSNL and Reliance towers.

Armed Maoists shot dead a villager and burnt equipment of BSNL and Reliance towers in the district today,police said.

The bike-borne Maoists arrived at Dayaldih village and set fire to the towers after ordering some villagers,who were sleeping nearby,to leave,they said.

When a villager Bhim Thakur raised an alarm the ultras shot him dead and also fired a few shots to scare away people.

A coming operation has been launched,they said,adding the ultras have given a 24-hour shut down call from midnight last night to protest the arrest of their ‘commander’ of Jharkhand-Bihar zone Samir Das in Banka district three days ago.

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