Kolkata: Three CPI(M) members were shot
dead by suspected Maoists in Lalgarh area of West Midnapore
district, police said Friday.
Around 500 people, including suspected Maoists, barged
into Bandhgara and Chandra villages late last night and shot
dead Anil Chalak, ex-panchayat pradhan of Chandra, Daya Chalak
of Bandhgara and Amol Patra of Bainda.
Ganesh Hansda, a gram panchayat member of Chandra, was
shot at and admitted to Midnapore Medical College Hospital,
they said.
The Maoists also burnt the house of Manik Jana, a CPI(M)
zonal committee member, after not finding him last night,
police added.
PTI
First Published: Friday, December 18, 2009, 11:56