Midnapore: Suspected Maoists shot
dead three CPI(M) workers at Sebaytan village in Midnapore
West district in the small hours on Thursday.
The three -- Bijay Mahto, Manik Mahto, Brihaspati
Mahto -- were called out from their homes in the village under
Jhargram police station at about 1.30 am and gunned down,
police said.
The bodies were found this morning in front of a
college with a note that the three were given the "extreme
punishment by people's verdict" as they were 'police
informers', they said.
In another incident, the Maoists blew up an office of
the forest department at Jhitka in Lalgarh area using a
landmine.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 09:15