Rebel outfit ultra shot dead, cylinder bomb recovered

A sympathiser of ultra outfit 'Trutiya Prastuti Committee' (TPC) was shot dead allegedly by members of rival group in Palamau district while a powerful cylinder bomb planted by Maoists was recovered in naxal-affected West Singhbhum district today, police said.
Suspected armed Maoists arrived at village Ghasidag under Bisrampur police station area in Palamau district in the early hours and dragged the sympathiser of TPC, Guddu Singh from his house before shooting him dead, Deputy Superintendent of Police Hiralal Ravi today said.
The killers pumped in three bullets, killing Singh on the spot, he said.
In another extremist-related incident, the district police force of West Singhbhum and Khunti today recovered a powerful cylinder bomb planted by Moaists on the border of West Singhbhum-Murhu (Khunti distirct), Superintendent of Police, Michael Raj S said.

The recovery was made on the leads provided by a PLFI activist Niral Heleng Purty, who was arrested by the security personnel two days back from Sankosai on NH 75, he said.
Purty, a cousin of hardcore PLFI ultra Dadu, was apparently waiting for some members of the outfit for an attack when he was arrested, the officer said.
Based on his information during interrogation, the police recovered a 10 kg cylinder bomb planted in village Urkil on NH 75 near Chakradharpur bordering Murhu of Khunti district.