India, Feb. 8 -- Former Maoist Rambilas Manjhi was gunned down by unidentified men at Jamuawan Hari Bigha village under Wazirganj police station area in Gaya district of Bihar late Friday night. The police recovered the body early Saturday morning.

Police said Manjhi, a native of Damri Bigha village, had allegedly killed a man of Hari-Bigha village and grabbed his farmland. Manjhi's body was found on the same agricultural land, police said.

Upon receiving information about the incident, the police arrived at the spot on Saturday with a forensics team and dog squad to investigate the crime scene.

Locals, however, alleged that the terror of the rival faction could be gauged from the fact that the police didn't visit the spot and assigned...