Date:11/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/11/stories/2008101158110100.htm

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Suspected Maoists kill two in Jharkhand

CHATRA (JHARKHAND): Suspected Maoists have killed two persons, including a self-styled commander of the banned Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) and injured a villager in Chatra district, the police said here on Friday.

TPC activist Nilesh alias Kariman Ganju was watching a cultural programme at Kunda village late on Thursday when about 50 suspected Maoists surrounded him and opened fire, Assistant Superintendent of Police Kumar Abhishek said.

A villager was injured when a bullet hit him. The TPC is a breakaway group of the CPI (Maoist). — PTI