Forward Bloc worker killed by Maoist

A Forward Bloc worker was killed by CPI(Maoist) activists at Sukirti village in Purulia district, about 85-km from here, police said on Thursday.

A Forward Bloc worker was killed by CPI(Maoist) activists at Sukirti village in Purulia district, about 85-km from here, police said on Thursday.

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Forward Bloc worker (40) was abducted by the Maoists from his home at Sukirti village at around 10 pm last night, they said.

His body was found on Thursday the outskirts of the village. Some Maoist posters were also found near the body which claimed that Mura was killed for being a police informer, they said.

The police have sent the body for postmortem, they said, adding senior police officers have rushed to the village.