Suspected Naxalites shot dead a man and left another injured in Paschim Medinipur district on Thursday. Police said Biswanath Murmu (62) of Sankhbhanga locality in Belpahari area was taken to the jungles by the suspected Naxalites and shot dead.
Murmu was the father of Karan Murmu, the Jharkhanda Party (Aditya) leader, who was killed by Naxalites a month back. In another incident, suspected Naxalites shot at a villager Durga Soren at Patharchakra village, police said. The Naxalites on Wednesday shot dead three CPI(M) activists, including a teacher, near Lalgarh and Salboni areas in the district during the 48-hour bandh by Naxalites-backed People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA).
While Prabir Dandopath, a school teacher, was killed by about six suspected rebels near his house at Bholbelduar last evening, Naxalites gunned down Habun Patra at Bamal village and Sadan Mahto in Salboni area on Wednesday for their active association with the CPI(M). The PCPA called for the shutdown since yesterday in three blocks of the district demanding release of 11 arrested supporters.