The Maoists swooped on the village last night, picked up six-seven people from an ongoing cultural programme and took them away to a nearby spot where they fired at them indiscriminately, sub-divisional police officer Rajesh Kumar said. While three persons were killed as many were injured, the SDPO said.u00a0

Among the dead was one Sanjay Yadav, who had recently deserted the Maoist rank.