Bihar: Maoist threat looms large in Jamui village

PATNA: Panic has gripped the residents of Barajor village under the Chakai police station area in Jamui district following threat to their lives from Maoists who had gunned down two members of a family on Wednesday night.
A group of CPI (Maoist) activists had shot dead one Chatur alias Chapoy Hembram (60) and his son Arjun Hembram (28) after dragging them out of their house around 10pm on Wednesday.
The Maoists had left a few handwritten pamphlets, threatening other residents of the village with dire consequences if they leaked information to the police about their activities in the area. The Maoists also asked the villagers not to attend the funeral of the deceased who they branded police informers.
Station house officer (SHO) of Chakai police station Rajiv Kumar Tiwari said the police have received information about the visit of some Maoists to the village.
“The Maoists had gone to the village on their motorcycle after the police returned after handing over the bodies of the father-son duo to the family on Friday morning. Raids are on to nab them,” the SHO said.
The family members are apprehending a fresh attack as the red rebels have asked them not to give statement to the police against them. The group that carried out the operation on Wednesday was led by one Sunil Marandi.
Additional SP (operation) Sudhanshu Kumar said the 20-member squad involved in Wednesday’s incident also had some women cadres. Altogether 15 empty cartridges and one live cartridge were recovered from the spot.
The villagers are so frightened that they have stopped going outside the village. Chakai, which is close to the Jharkhand border, is considered to a safe zone of the red rebels due to its topography.
The Tola Pahar Barajor village is about 60 km from the district headquarters and located on the hilly terrain. Lack of communication and basic infrastructure has made the entire region a safe hideout of the Maoists.