Bacho Hembram, who was also the JMM block president, was gunned down by alleged motorcycle-borne PLFI activists in Matliyan village around 10.30. "The prima facie evidence suggests that Hembram was killed by PLFI rebels. However an investigation is still going on and a manhunt has been launched to arrest the suspects," said West Singhbhum superintendent of police, Narendra Kumar Singh.
The incident has given the security forces reasons to ponder over the safety of the candidates and political leaders during the election season. "The security arrangements in the district will be reviewed at regular intervals," said a senior police official of the mineral rich district.
"Long range patrolling has been intensified in the Maoist-hit areas with special focus on the districts that shares borders with other states," he added. In the East Singhbhum district, the CRPF and Indian Reserve Battalion personnel have been deployed at sensitive areas, including Ghurabanda, Mosabani, Ghatshila, Dumaria and Dhalbhumgarh, to thwart extremist violence.
"The anti insurgency exercise has been launched in the Ghatshila sub division following intelligence reports of extremists organizing anti-election campaign in the region," a district police officer said on Saturday.
Earlier this week, sub divisional police in Ghatshila had seized CPI (Maoist) posters decrying general elections.
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