Five bodies of former CPI(Maoist) cadres recovered

Chatra, Jun 23 (UNI) Police today recovered five bodies of former CPI (Maoist) ultras near Chatra-Gaya main road.

Official sources here said the CPI(Maoist) ultras were engaged in an armed encounter with their former associates on June 21 at Rakshi village under Jori Vashisth Nagar police station of the district and had kept the five victims as captives, before gunning them down.

This morning, their bodies were recovered.

The bodies were sent for post-mortem.

Details of the encounter were yet to be ascertained but police suspected that inter-gang rivalry and financial matters might be the cause.

UNI PRS SJC VD RS1804