After a prolonged silence in the Naxal infested block, Gomia of Bokaro district, armed squid of outlawed CPI (Maoists) struck again at Chutte — Kharna forest area in Bokaro district, killing one youth for allegedly being police informer and also collecting levy in favour of Maoists.
Police sources said that the CPI (Maoists) ultras struck at Pipradih village, 50 km from the district head quarter ,late on Friday night. The village fall under the jurisdiction of Gomia police station, the police suspect involvement of the other Maoists dasta in the incident.
The deceased has been identified as Satendra Mandal (26) of Pipradih village. The police recovered “parchas” from the spot stating that Satendra Mandal, was police informer and collecting levy and chanda in favor of original Maoists group. Mandal also joined rival Uday Mahto group.
Police sources said the deceased had a close nexus with the Maoists in the past. The incident could be a result of his (Maoists) internal conflicts, further police added.
According to reports about 15 to 20 armed ultras raided his village and took him in the forest area of Chutte—Kharna, when Satendra Mandal was coming back on his motorcycle at home in the evening on Friday. The villagers saw his body with throat slit on Chutte-kharna forest way, one km from his house.
On getting information, Gomia police arrived the spot and recovered the body. Meanwhile the police have launched a combing operation around the panic stricken villages to arrest the culprits.