SAA event in Jharkhand, Kanchan More in Janawal village under Chainpur Police Station limits in Gumla District area, India on Mon 28th March 2022

Suspected Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs] killed wife and three-year-old daughter of former ‘commander’ of the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Amarjit Lakra alias Ashok, near Kanchan More in Janawal village under Chainpur Police Station limits in Gumla District of Jharkhand on March 28, reports prabhatkhabar.com. The Naxalites fired indiscriminately, in which Amarjit’s wife Neha Neeti Kujur and three-year-old daughter Ananya Kujur were shot dead on the spot. At the same time, Amarjit saved his life by running away after being shot, along with his five-year-old son Anuj Oraon, who has suffered injuries on his face and other parts of the body. Amarjit, a former JJMP cadre, was going home on his bike with the family, when the suspected Naxalites attacked. Amarjit was injured in the attack while his wife and a daughter were killed. Amarjit was at his house after being injured, when he was arrested by the Police, and weapons including AK-56 rifles, bullets have been found from him, Superintendent of Police (SP), Ehtesham Waqrib, said. In the month of October 2021, Amarjit, along with his companions, had killed JJMP's ‘platoon commander’ Sukar Oraon and fled. He ran away with weapons and money. Since then, the militants of JJMP were searching to kill him. Amarjit’s house was also destroyed by the JJMP three months ago. However, JJMP ‘spokesperson’ Karmaveer issued a press release and vehemently denied attacking Amarjit and his family. Karmaveer has said that our organization has no hand in this attack and some people are taking the name of JJMP organization to defame it.