Maoists bring down tower in Bihar dist

Armed Maoists shot dead a villager and burnt equipment of BSNL and Reliance towers in the district today, police said.

Armed Maoists shot dead a villager and burnt equipment of BSNL and Reliance towers in the district on Monday, police said.

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The bike borne Maoists arrived at Dayaldih village and set fire to the towers after ordering some villagers, who were sleeping nearby, to leave, they said.

When a villager Bhim Thakur raised an alarm the ultras shot him dead and also fired a few shots to scare away people.

A coming operation has been launched, they said, adding the ultras have given a 24 hour shut down call from midnight Sunday night, to protest the arrest of their 'commander' of Jharkhand-Bihar zone, Samir Das, in Banka district three days ago.