The Communist Part of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has called two-day bandh (general shut down strike) in Bihar and Jharkhand on April 14 and 15, reports The Times of India on April 13. Maoists dropped hand-written posters at some places in Bhadwar, Raushanganj and Banke Bazaar areas in Imamganj block of Gaya District of Bihar on April 12, regarding the bandh call. According to texts of the poster issued by Bihar-Jharkhand regional committee of the CPI-Maoist, the bandh has been called in protest against the killing of five members of the CPI-Maoist in Chatra District in Jharkhand on April 3. However, essential services have been exempted from the bandh, the poster read. Maoists, in the poster, have also announced to avenge the killings of their cadres and the Peoples Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) has already started working on it.