Chaibasa: A retired BSF Jawan was shot dead by suspected Maoists in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on the suspicion of being a police informer on Thursday night ahead of the Chief Minister’s Hemant Soren’s visit to the district to pay homage to those who died in the Gua police gunfire.
The victim was identified as Sukhlal Purty. CPI (Maoist) leaflets were found beside the body, the officer said.
A group of Maoists allegedly barged into Purty’s house on Thursday night and killed him in Kashijoda village under Kadamdiha panchayat on suspicion of being a police informer.
When contacted, Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar confirmed that incident, saying Purty had availed voluntary retirement from BSF and was leading a normal life.
The SP suspected that the incident was the handiwork of left-wing ultras as some leaflets were recovered from the spot.
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