In a yet another rebel attack by the ultra outfits ahead of the Jharkhand Assembly elections — scheduled for November 25 — ultras of the banned People’s liberation Front of India (PlFI) on Monday ambushed seven people between Redwa and Hapu village under Kamdara police station in Gumla district.
All the seven persons were reportedly former members of Shanti Sena, an outfit comprising former Naxals supported by the Jharkhand Government. According to the police, the ultras were waiting for a car near Rewada jungle under Kamdara police station and when it came, they gunned down its seven occupants.
The four-wheeler was then burnt by the extremists, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist. According to sources, three of the deceased have been identified by the local villagers. Jharkhand has been on high alert ahead of the Assembly polls this month.