Three killed in Maoist attack in Jharkhand

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.

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.