The dead , identified as Umesh Mali , head of a naxal outfit ' Sastra People 's Morcha ' ( SPM ) , Umesh Singh Bhokta , a local leader of Lokjanshakti Party and Ranjit Rajjak , were watching a cultural programme near Rajpur Middle School around 2 am , when a group of armed Maoists fired on them , District Superintendent of Police Deo Bihari Sharma said here .