Maoists torch two vehicles of JMM leader in Jharkhand

Maoists have set fire to two vehicles of a local Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader at Kurund village in Latehar district, the police said today.

A group of armed Moists reached the house of JMM's Latehar district youth president, Amrit Joi Kujur, before midnight last night and used inflammable substance to torch Kujur's tractor in the presence of his family members.

Kujur, however, was not at home.

Maoists also took away his jeep to Gumla where they set it ablaze, the sources said.

The police lodged an FIR in this connection.