Ranchi : Suspected Maoists shot dead a Reliance Power executive near Hesatu village, 96 km from Chatra town in Jharkhand this afternoon, police said.
Manoj Ojha, a deputy general manager with Reliance Power, had gone to a place called Birbir with company vice-president H Buch, reportedly to inspect land for a proposed power plant. Two men allegedly fired on their vehicles, injuring both. “Ojha tried to escape, but his Bolero overturned. He died on the spot,” Chatra SP Prabhat Kumar said. Buch was learnt to have been flown out from Hazaribagh in a helicopter.
I-G R K Mallick said the Hesatu area is the stronghold of the People’s Liberation Front of India and Tritiya Prastuti Committee, breakaway factions of the CPI (Maoist).
By evening, paramilitary forces led by SP Kumar were “actively deployed” in the area, and highways to Hazaribagh and Chatra had reportedly been sealed. “The search will continue tomorrow,” Mallick said.
Manoj Ojha, a deputy general manager with Reliance Power, had gone to a place called Birbir with company vice-president H Buch, reportedly to inspect land for a proposed power plant. Two men allegedly fired on their vehicles, injuring both. “Ojha tried to escape, but his Bolero overturned. He died on the spot,” Chatra SP Prabhat Kumar said. Buch was learnt to have been flown out from Hazaribagh in a helicopter.
I-G R K Mallick said the Hesatu area is the stronghold of the People’s Liberation Front of India and Tritiya Prastuti Committee, breakaway factions of the CPI (Maoist).
By evening, paramilitary forces led by SP Kumar were “actively deployed” in the area, and highways to Hazaribagh and Chatra had reportedly been sealed. “The search will continue tomorrow,” Mallick said.
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