October 20, 2009 10:29 AM

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Three killed in Maoist attack in Jharkhand

In Jharkhand, three persons, including the head of a naxal outfit, were killed and six others critically injured in a Maoists attack at Rajpur in the wee hours on Tuesday. Police said, the dead, identified as Umesh Mali, head of a naxal outfit Sastra People's Morcha, Umesh Singh Bhokta, a local leader of Lokjanshakti Party and another person, were watching a cultural programme near Rajpur Middle School, when a group of armed Maoists fired on them. The condition of all the injured, including a police driver, is stated to be critical. The CPI (Maoist) is involved in a turf war with SPM, the Jharkhand Prastuti Samiti and the Tritiya Prastuti Samiti.

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