Naxalites kills village deputy head, son

Hajipur: Armed Naxalites shot dead a deputy village head and his son and abducted three other persons at Sukki village in Bihar`s Vaishali district, a senior police officer said. The heavily armed Naxalites, numbering about 40, shot dead the deputy head Umesh Singh (35) and his son Kunal (12) before partially damaging their house by detonating dynamite, the Inspector General of Police (Trihut range) Gupteshwar Pandey told a news agency.

PTI