Maoists kill two rivals, blow up house in Jharkhand

Maoists killed two ultras of a rival outfit and blew up the house of its head at Sohaban village in Chatra district in the early hours today.

Acting on the information that Trititya Prastuti Committee (TPC) chief Brajesh Ganju was at home, about 200 Maoists attacked the house at about 1am, killing the group’s self-styled area commander Mohan Ganju and his associate Ramdeo Ganju, district police chief Prabhat Kumar said in Chatra.

Brajesh Ganju managed to escape, he said.

The Maoists later used dynamite to blow up the vacant house.

The TPC is a breakaway group of the CPI (Maoist) and has a strong presence in Palamau, Chatra, Latehar and Garwah districts.