By IANS,
Raipur : The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) Tuesday called for a 48-hour shutdown in seven states from May 21 to protest arrest of its three central committee members in Bihar.
In an unsigned statement sent to a few media outlets in its stronghold in Chhattisgarh, the outfit said it would enforce the shutdown in Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh besides Chhattisgarh in protest the arrest of its three senior leaders in Bihar.
The insurgents, based in large forested parts of eastern and central India, have sought unconditional immediate release of their three leaders.