Suspected Maoists slit throats of two men

Suspected Maoists have killed two persons in Giridih branding them as police informers. The bodies with their throats slit were found on the Giridih-Dumri road near Palganj.

Suspected Maoists have killed two persons in Giridih branding them as police informers.

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The bodies with their throats slit were found on the Giridih-Dumri road near Palganj on Wednesday morning, the police said in Giridh.

The victims were identified as Bhubaneswar Sao and Sunder Manjhi, the police.

A note, found near the bodies, read that the Maoists had been successful in eliminating five persons whose tip-off allegedly led to the killing of the proscribed outfit's self-styled area commander Kawang in an encounter with the police earlier this month.

The naxal-infested district witnessed eight persons being killed by the Maoists in December.