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Maoist bandh call disrupts normal life in West Bengal |
A Maoist sponsored 48-hour shutdown
disrupted normal life in West Bengal on Wednesday. Shops, educational institutions
and business establishments remained closed in Jangalmahal area of West Midnapore
district. Similar shutdowns were also witnessed in the Bankura and Purulia districts
of the state. The Maoists gave the shutdown call in protest against the arrest
of Chhatradhar Mahato, a leader of the People''s Committee against Police Atrocities
(PCPA). The PCAPA and Mahato are being blamed for spearheading an agitation against
alleged police atrocities. Mahato was nabbed from the Pirka region near Lalgarh
village in West Midnapore district on Saturday. Mahato was remanded to five day''s
police custody on Sunday (September 27). Police nabbed Mahato as he was about
to give an interview to a journalist. Mahato had been giving regular interviews
when paramilitary forces and the state police launched anti-Maoist operations
in Lalgarh, the place declared as a liberated zone by the Maoists, on June 19,
forcing him to go underground for some time. Tribals led by Mahato had a free
run for nine months with the police withdrawing from camps, before paramilitary
troops recaptured Lalgarh from the Maoists. Meanwhile, three CPI-M activists were
killed by suspected Maoists on Tuesday night at the Ronja range. The Maoists have
also called for a nation-wide shutdown on October 3. |
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