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Pro-Maoist groups stage road block in West Bengal | Pro-Maoist groups on Monday blocked several roads in West Bengal's West Midnapore District demanding release of a doctor arrested on suspicion of being in connection with rebels. The groups threatened to block the road indefinitely
if the state Government fails to release the arrested doctor. Maoist-backed People's
Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) blocked roads in Lalgarh, Salboni
and Midnapore regions by digging up roads and blocking them with felled trees.
The doctor, Jawaharlal Mahato, who runs a clinic in Mathurapur village, reportedly
provides medical aid to some Maoists. He was arrested on April 8. Security forces
said that Dr. Mahato, treated Maoists leader Koteshwar Rao who was reportedly
injured in a recent gun battle. Activists also took out a march demanding the
development of the area. They said that blockade is an effective medium to get
the government to pay attention to their demands. "Only when we create blockades
like these, they (government) will realise that there is some problem," said Dilbodh
Mahato, a PCAPA member. |
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