Naxals strike again in Jharkhand village and killed four people including a girl and a woman at Bundu, about 50 km from Ranchi.

Superintendent of police, Anup T Mathew said, “Two college students, a girl and a housewife were shot dead late on Thursday night. Empty cartridges found near the bodies point to Maoists' work.”

As per the Prime Minister and Home Minister P Chidambaram, Naxal threat is one of the major threats to the nation’s internal security system after the cross border terrorism.

PM Manmohan Singh said, “There were indications that left wing extremists could be planning more offensives and admitted that the Naxal threat was ‘a complex one’.” He also said that challenges posed by asymmetric warfare and terrorism and new steps could have to be used to fight with the Naxal threat.