Maoists beheaded 40-year old villager of Ahilyapur village at Nawatard area on Giridih-Tundi road under Taratard police station here on Tuesday night, branding him as a police informer.
Police recovered Nimai Goswami’s body near Giridih-Tundi road at Nawatard locality on Wednesday.
Over a dozen posters left behind by the Maoists threatening people to punish police informers for Pravir Da ,were also recovered from the spot -said Deputy Superintendent of police Shambhu Kumar Singh.
According to police sources, Nimai Goswami belonging to Sworn village under Ahilyapur police station had left his home on September 27 evening after saying his wife that he was going to his native village Parajori but he did not return home late in the night on Tuesday.
In the morning, local villagers informed the local police that the bullet-ridden body of Nimai Goswami was laid near Nawatard village on Dhanbad-Tundi road. Maoists had also beheaded him with weapon.
Deputy Superintendent of police Shambhu Kumar Singh said the deceased had a close nexus with the Maoists in the past and he had gone to jail in the year 2011 in landmine blast .The incident could be a result of their internal conflicts, he added.
Giridih DY S.P. Shambhu Kumar Singh said an FIR has been lodged in this connection. Police have launched a search operation in the area to nab the Maoists.