Bengal plans inter-state joint ops in Junglemahal Kolkata:The state government is contemplating joint operations with neighbouring states against Maoists in Junglemahal. Yes,we have a plan for joint operations in Junglemahal, DGP Naparajit Mukherjee told reporters here when asked if joint operations were being planned with Orissa and Jharkhand against the Maoists. He,however,refused to give details. During a recent visit to Belpahari in West Midnapore district,Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had expressed concern that Maoists were hiding along the Jharkhand border. Maoist victims kin receive Central grant Purulia:Family members of 13 people killed by Maoists in West Bengal's Purulia district in 2010 were each given a Central grant of Rs 3 lakh. District Magistrate Abanindra Singh on Friday handed over the cheques to the next of kin of the 12 victims,while family members of one victim had collected it on Tuesday. The widow of school teacher Soumyajit Basu,who was kidnapped and killed in October 2010,collected her cheque on Tuesday as she had informed the DM's office earlier that it would not be possible for her to come today,officials said. Basu was accompanying his friend Partha Sarathi Biswas,an inspector-rank IB officer,who was also killed by the Maoists. Remains of their bodies were found five months later but his wife refused to acknowledge the body as her husbands and it was still lying in a morgue. Biswas family members,therefore,did not get any cheque,the officials said. Engineer goes missing in Burdwan Burdwan:A 47-year-old computer engineer has been missing since Tuesday from Salanpur area of Burdwan district,the police said Friday. On Tuesday,Kanchan Garai,a hardware engineer employed in a private firm at Burnpur,had been dropped as usual by company car at Bhagat Singh More from where he used to take a public transport for his home in Rupnarayanpur. Since then,all his three mobile phones were switched off and he did not return home. Police said investigation was on but no breakthrough has been achieved.
