By IANS,
Kolkata : Maoist guerrillas Wednesday shot dead a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, police said.
“(CPI-M leader) Tapan Dolui was shot dead from a point blank range by Maoists while he was ploughing his agricultural land adjacent to his village in Jhargram sub-division,” West Midnapore Police Superintendent Manoj Verma said.
Dolui was a member of CPI-M’s Belatikri local committee.
A police team has rushed to the spot, Verma added.
Maoists are active in three western districts of the state – West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura.
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