Jharkhand Naxals shoot 19-year-old Latehar girl

LATEHAR - A group of Maoists shot three bullets into a teen-aged girl in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Thursday.

The Maoists shot Anju Kumari (17) for filing a police complaint against one of them.he girl had registered a case of molestation against Pappu Lohar, the zonal commander of the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC).

Police personnel have launched a search operation for the shooters.

Maoist rebels on February 22, had offered a conditional 72-day ceasefire through media, and said they were willing to talk to the government if the anti-Maoist operation, called Operation ‘Green Hunt’ is aborted. (ANI)