Maoists kill villager; set fire to rival's house in Jharkhand

Maoists have shot dead a person and set fire to a house in separate incidents in Latehar district, police said today.

The police recovered the bullet-riddled body of Surendra Nagasia from Mahuadand village this morning.

The armed rebels forcibly took away Nagasia from his home to Bota Chowk near the village around 10.30pm last night and fired two shots in his head, police said.

They left a note in which they accused Nagasia of raping a woman recently, they added.

A separate group of the CPI (Maoist) went to Sanjay Yadav's house last night, asked his family members to vacate the house, doused it with inflammable substance before setting it on fire, police said.

Yadav, who was not at home, had recently broken away from CPI (Maoist) to join Jharkhand-Chhatisgarh Simant Committee.

Three days ago, Maoists had set fire to the house of another of their member, Chetenji, in Latehar citing same reasons.