CPI(ML) leader shot dead by assailants in Bihar’s Bhojpur: Police

Ramakant Ram was attacked in a field at his village Nadhi under Sahar police station, police said.

A Communist Party of India(Marxist-Leninist) leader was shot dead on Monday by unidentified assailants in Bihar’s Bhojpur district, police said.

Police have registered a case after the alleged murder of a CPI(ML) leader in Bihar. (AFP File/Representative image)

Ramakant Ram was attacked when he was on his way to defecate in the open in a nearby field of his village Nadhi under Sahar police station, a district police official said.

Police have registered a case and began the investigation.

Angry over the incident, local residents, mostly party workers, staged a protest against the state government.