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Maoists backed organisation calls for weeklong strike to protest leader's killing | Maoists backed People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA) has called for a weeklong strike across West Bengal starting from Wednesday to protest against the killing of their top leader in an encounter. On Tuesday, the PCPA leader Lalmohan Tudu was shot dead
during
an encounter with security forces in trouble hit Lalgarh area. According to police,
Tudu was killed while leading an attack on a camp of the security forces in
Kantapahari.
But the PCPA claims that the forces killed him near his house. Shops and other
business establishments in Maoists dominated areas were closed and public transport
also remained off road. The strike has irked the locals, who lament losses and
inconvenience but are forced to support it out of fear of the Maoists. "We support
strike because they (Maoists) want us to support. Business is stopped, the prices
of products are increasing rapidly, we can't bring products from outside but we
still have to support the strike. Several strikes have taken place within a short
time in Jhargram," said Babu Mahato, a local businessman. "We can't understand
what will be happen in coming days, as every other day there is a strike. Markets
open for two days and again there is a strike. No one comes here from outside
as they are afraid," he added. The incident occurred just hours after Maoist top
leader Mallojula Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji offered a 72-day ceasefire through
a statement to TV. Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said in a statement that
talks could be possible if the Maoists gave up violence, a demand the Maoists
have so far refused. |
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