In yet another attack by Maoists ahead of the Jharkhand Assembly elections, members 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 victims were reportedly former members of Shanti Sena, an outfit comprising reformed Naxals supported by the Jharkhand Government. According to the police, the Naxals were waiting for a car near Rewada jungle under Kamdara police station. When the vehicle approached the forest the ultras started indiscriminate firing in which all the seven occupants were killed.
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.