Garhwa (Jharkhand): Suspected Maoists killed a local Congress leader in Jharkhand's Garhwa District early on Wednesday morning. According to Garhwa Superintendent of Police Richard Lakra, 45 year old Bardhan Kachhu,
a local tribal leader, was kidnapped from Barkol village on Tuesday night by Maoists
and shot dead. The incident happened just hours before the two-day Maoist shutdown
in five states. This is the fifth 48-hour shutdown being forced by Maoists in
the last six months. Forceful shutdowns are affecting normal life in these states.
To avoid Naxal-pockets, up and down trains of Ranchi-Delhi Swarna Jayanti Express,
Ranchi-Varanasi inter-city and Sambalpur-Varanasi inter-city have been diverted
through Gomo-Gaya-Mughalsarai route. The Railways has asked drivers to run trains
at a speed of 65 kilometres in Naxal areas during the night.
