Kolkata: Suspected Maoists shot dead three CPI-M supporters while a policeman was injured in a landmine explosion in West Midnapore district on Friday, the fourth day of the shutdown called by the People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA).
The three, of which two were members of the CPI(M)-backed Gana Protirodh Committee, were taken away last night by suspected Maoists and their bodies with bullet marks were found bound hand and foot this morning in Belpahari area, sources said.
Two of them, Nemai Singh and Phoni Singh, of Simulpal village, were brothers who were actively associated with the Committee, they said.
They had been warned earlier by Maoists to desist from organising meetings and rallies against the Maoist-backed PCPA.
Two years ago, Maoists had blown up a van killing a doctor, a nurse and their driver at the same village. Meanwhile, a policeman was injured in a landmine blast at Ramgarh today, they said.
Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh had yesterday said 70 to 75 people had been killed in the district since the tribal agitation began a year ago.
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