Three CPI(M) workers, including a local leader, were shot dead by unidentified assailants at Banksole in West Midanpore district on Wednesday.
Three CPI(M) workers, including a local leader, were shot dead by unidentified assailants at Banksole in West Midanpore district on Wednesday.
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The six motorcycle-borne assailants killed the three including CPI(M)'s Shimli branch secretary Amal Mahato when they were having tea at a shop after patrolling the forest in the night to guard against Maoist-backed tribal agitators.
The three were part of a village resistance group approved by the administration to assist the police, Jhargram Sub divisional Officer Ulganathan said. He did not rule out the hand of Maoists in the killing.
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