Chaibasa (Jharkhand), Feb 24 (PTI) A 35-year-old man was gunned down by Maoists in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on suspicion of being a police informer, a senior officer said on Saturday.
The incident took place in Bandabeda village in Tonto police station area late on Friday.
A police team has reached the spot and launched an investigation, he said.
After the victim, Jiten Laguri, returned home on Friday evening, a group of Naxals reached his residence and shot him dead, Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar told PTI.
“The red rebels are desperate over fruitful intensified anti-Naxal operation launched by police in Kolhan, including Tonto and Goilkera police station areas,” he said. PTI BS ACD
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