“The police in league with the Tritya Prastuti Committee(TPC) had led to the gunning down of ten of our cadres.To protest against it,the CPI(Maoist) is observing protest week.”

A leaflet recovered from the site of the Tuesday night violence in Jobang village under Siram panchayat in Lohardaga district states this.Till the other day,a building –Panchayat Bhawan-existed at this site.

Today,this Bhawan was reduced to rubbles.In a land mine explosion,the Bhawan was blown up by the CPI(Maoist) cadres.”A group of Maoists belonging to the CPI(Maoist) reached Siram Panchayat and blew up the Panchayat building on Tuesday night”,said the police.

Security officials reached the spot to recover a leaflet from the site.The leaflet claimed that it was a revenge attack following the killing of ten Maoists in Chatra last week.