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Seven people were killed and four injured on Friday afternoon in a clash between the Communist Party of India-Marxist/Leninist and the Ranvir Sena, a private army of landlords, at Kurmina village in Bhojpur district, Bihar.
The dead included four Ranvir Sena supporters, two CPI-ML supporters and a woman.
The police has arrested 22 supporters of the CPI-ML in this connection and launched a manhunt to nab Ranvir Sena activists suspected to be behind this clash.
Police officials told rediff.com that tension prevailed in the district after the killings.
Tensions between the CPI-ML and the Ranvir Sena increased after the arrest of Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh alias Mukhiya in August by Patna police.
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