Maoists kill man suspecting him to be police informer

Maoists have shot dead a man after kidnapping him from Nawada village in Bihar's Gaya district, police said on Sunday. PTI file photo

Maoists have shot dead a man after kidnapping him from Nawada village in Bihar's Gaya district, police said on Sunday.

City Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar said that the Maoists kidnapped the man, identified as Yogendra Yadav, from his village on Saturday night and shot him dead near the village on the same day. The Maoists left a pamphlet claiming that Yadav was a police informer, the SP said.

Yadav's body has been sent to Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital here for post-mortem examination.

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