CPI(M) supporter shot dead by Maoists

A Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI(M), supporter was killed and another seriously injured by Maoists in Lalgarh area of West Midnapore district, police said today.

A Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI(M), supporter was killed and another seriously injured by Maoists in Lalgarh area of West Midnapore district, police said on Monday.

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Armed Maoists late Sunday night entered Bammal village in Lalgarh area and forcibly took away Aditya Lohar (50) and Mihir Singh, both CPI(M) supporters, from their home, they said.

The bullet-riddled body of Lohar was found in the outskirts of the village while Singh was found in a seriously injured condition this morning, they said, adding Maoist posters were found in the spot in which the CPI(Maoists) claimed that the victims were punished for being police informers.

Singh has been admitted to Midnapore Medical College Hospital.