A local Congress leader was shot dead by the CPI(Maoists) in Lumbatoli village while an ex-Congress MLA was threatened in Simdega district.

The victim, Hemant Bage, also the brother-in-law of Sub-divisional officer of Simdega S. Bhuiyan, was on way to his in-laws' placewhen a group of ultras intercepted his vehicle and shot him dead, sub-divisional police officer (Simdega), Varun Kumar said today.