Naxalite leader Kanu Sanyal dead, suicide suspected

By IANS,

Siliguri (West Bengal) : Kanu Sanyal, one of the founding members of the Left extremist movement in India, was Tuesday found hanging in his thatched hut here. He was 78.


Support TwoCircles

Sanyal is alleged to have committed suicide at his residence in the Siliguri sub-division of Darjeeling district, police said.

He was one of the protagonists of the 1967 peasant uprising in Naxalbari village that gave birth to the Maoist movement in India.

SUPPORT TWOCIRCLES HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND NON-PROFIT MEDIA. DONATE HERE