Jhargram/Bankura: A CPI(M) worker was
shot dead by Maoists in West Midnapore district, while a
teacher kidnapped from Bankura district by the ultras remained
untraced, police said today.
A CPI(M) worker, who along with two others were on way
to their home in bicycles, was shot dead last night by Maoists
at Golbandhi, they said. The two others were unharmed.
Meanwhile, school teacher and local CPI(M) leader
Ranjit Duley, who was taken away at gunpoint from the Barulia
Madhyamik Siksha Kendra in Sarenga area on March four,
remained untraced, sources said.
In Kolkata, Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh
ruled out the release of six cadre as demanded by the Maoists
arrested for the killing of Sarenga police station in-charge
Rabi Lochan Mitra on February 25.
"There is no possibility of conceding such a demand
as it will give rise to more kidnappings," Singh said.
"The Maoists are under pressure and have been scaling
down their demands," the DGP claimed.
To a question, he said that police had information
that the teacher was being held in Bhalukbasa jungle in
West Midnapore district.
Earlier, an unidentified body of a man aged about 40
with bullet injuries in the head and chest was found today on
the banks of a canal at Oregada near Binpur in West Midnapore
district, police said, adding he was not a resident of the
area.
-PTI
First Published: Monday, March 08, 2010, 23:48