All Jharkhand Student Union (AJSU) leader, identified as Akhilesh Srivastava, was killed by Jharkhand Sangharsh Jan Mukti Morcha (JSJMM) cadres in Latehar District of Jharkhand in the intervening night of August 23 and August 24, reports Hindustan Times. The villagers saw the leader’s dead body with throat slit thrown on the Latehar-Demu road and informed the Police. The JSJMM faction claimed the responsibility for the killing by leaving behind a hand written parcha (pamphlet) near the dead body. JSJMM is a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist). The reason for the murder is yet to be ascertained but the Police confirmed the involvement of the Maoists’ faction in the act.