Maoists kill couple in Bihar

Armed Maoists killed a man and his wife in Rangkala village in Bihar's Naxal-hit Jamui district, police said today.
Over 20 armed Maoists, wearing police uniform, raided the house of Gyani Yadav in Rangkala village last night and killed his wife Siya Devi by pumping bullets into her chest, officer in-charge of Jhajha police station Sumit Kumar said.
They kidnapped Yadav and later killed him on the outskirts of the village and fled, he said.
Villagers said that Yadav was earlier associated with an ultra organisation and was recently said to have been involved in collecting levy in the name of the outfit which might have incurred their wrath, he said.

The bodies have been sent to the Jamui sadar hospital for postmortem examination, sources said adding search operation was on.