Maoist guerrillas kill three people in Simdega

Maoist guerrillas killed three people at two places in Simdega district of Jharkhand, police said on Sunday.

According to police, two people were shot dead in Kolibera area of Simdega district, around 110 km from Ranchi, on Saturday night.

Officials added that People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) owned responsibility for the killings in a pamphlet they left behind.

In the other incident, PLFI killed a person by slitting his throat after accusing him of collecting money in the organisation’s name at Tethaitangar village of the same district.

PLFI is one of the six Maoist organisations operating in Jharkhand.