Maoists threaten to kill official if demand not met

Proscribed CPI(Maoist) activists today demanded Rs 50 lakh from the manager of the rail factory project Sanjay Kumar Singh under Dariyapur police station of Bihar's Saran district, according to DIG (Saran range) Alok Kumar.

Proscribed CPI(Maoist) activists on Saturday demanded Rs 50 lakh from the manager of the rail factory project Sanjay Kumar Singh under Dariyapur police station of Bihar's Saran district, according to DIG (Saran range) Alok Kumar.

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Kumar said the project manager had lodged a complaint with Dariyapur police station in this regard.

Singh claimed to have received two letters from the outfit on May 7 and a telephone call on May 23 threatening to kill him if he did not pay the money.