3 Injured After Maoists Allegedly Fire At Jharkhand Railway Line Workers

The incident happened at Malhan panchayat in the Chandwa police station area where construction was underway for a railway line, they said.

Three people working at a railway construction site were shot at allegedly by Maoists in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Friday, police said.

The incident happened at Malhan panchayat in the Chandwa police station area where construction was underway for a railway line, they said.

About two dozen armed Maoists reached the site around 3 pm and started indiscriminate firing, they added.

The Maoists told the construction workers that the work cannot go on without giving them extortion money, those present at the site later told reporters.