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Two maoists killed in Bihar

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Press Trust of India Begusarai
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 1:49 AM IST

One of the maoists, identified as Sikander Tanti shot dead fellow ultra Paltan Tanti in the village last night, Superintendent of Police, Kshatraneel Singh said.

Upon hearing gun shots, the villagers gathered on the spot and chased down the fleeing maoist Sikander Tanti and beat him to death, he said.

The police arrived in the village and took possession of the Maoists bodies and sent them for post-mortem, Singh said.

The two ultras had been feuding for a long time over tilling of a plot of land belonging to a farmer, Singh added.

Three cases - two under the Arms Act and another for murder- was pending against them in a local court, Singh said.

  

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First Published: Jun 30 2012 | 3:05 PM IST

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