CPI(ML) leader shot dead by assailants in Bihar’s Bhojpur: Police

Ramakant Ram was attacked in a field at his village Nadhi under Sahar police station, police said.

india Updated: Aug 27, 2018 14:05 IST

Police have registered a case after the alleged murder of a CPI(ML) leader in Bihar. (AFP File/Representative image)

A Communist Party of India(Marxist-Leninist) leader was shot dead on Monday by unidentified assailants in Bihar’s Bhojpur district, police said.

Ramakant Ram was attacked when he was on his way to defecate in the open in a nearby field of his village Nadhi under Sahar police station, a district police official said.

Police have registered a case and began the investigation.

Angry over the incident, local residents, mostly party workers, staged a protest against the state government.

First Published: Aug 27, 2018 14:05 IST