A college student was shot dead by suspected Maoists at Bodam in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.
"Malinder Singh, 19, was shot dead when returning home after Saraswati puja preparation last night at Khokro village," superintendent of police, Navin Kumar Singh told PTI.
He was an intermediate student of Chandil College.
A police team rushed to the spot and recovered the body today, Singh said.
The police said, residents of Maoist-affected villages of Patamada block of East Singhbhum and adjoining Nimdhi in Saraikela-Kharswan district formed an anti-Maoist committee, Gram Janarajya Panchayat Parishad, to launch a movement against the ultras."
Villagers armed with traditional weapons had taken out processions in villages to protest against the recent bandh called by Maoists, the police said.
