CPM man’s body found in forest

West Midnapore SP Manoj Verma said Shar was abducted by suspected Maoists two days ago. Police said Maoists believed the victim was a police informer.

Meanwhile,security was beefed up in West Midnapore,Bankura and Purulia ahead of the two-day bandh called by the CPI (Maoist) beginning Tuesday.

In a related development,one person was arrested from a village in Purulia district when the villagers prevented the police from removing some posters put up by Maoists.

Purulia SP Nisat Parvez said the locals got into a scuffle with policemen while they were trying to remove the posters calling for the bandh. Two policemen were injured in the incident,he said.