NEW DELHI: A CPI(Maoist) 'commander' who had a Rs 15 lakh bounty on his head was killed in an internal feud within the proscribed organisation in Jharkhand's Latehar district, police said on Wednesday.
Chotu Kherwar, the 'zonal commander' of the Palamu division, was allegedly killed by other Maoists in Bhimpal forest in the Chipadohar police station area on Tuesday night, they added.
DIG (Palamu Range) Y.S. Ramesh said that after receiving news about the incident, police personnel were dispatched to the remote location to retrieve the body.
Kherwar was wanted in multiple criminal cases, police said.
An investigation is underway to determine the exact cause of death, they added.
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