Jamshedpur: A 38-year-old man was today shot dead allegedly by the CPI (Maoists) near Bakra Pul near the copper township of Musaboni, 40 km from here, within Musaboni police station limits of the Naxal-affected Ghatsila sub-division, a senior police officer said.  

A group of Maoists laced with fire-arms intercepted the victim, Raghunath Kisku, and shot him dead near Bakra Pul, Superintendent of Police (Rural), Shailendra Kumar Sinha said.  Sinha said Kisku was a resident of Hadiyan village under Dumaria police station area.

Local residents claimed Kisku was the founder member of Nagarik Suraksha Samity (NSS), an anti-Maoist organisation of the villagers that was active in the mid-2000.  A police team rushed to spot to investigate the incident, the SP said adding the body has been recovered.