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CPM man’s body found in forest

Police today recovered the bullet-ridden body of a CPM supporter from a forest in Goaltore police station in West Midnapore.

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Police today recovered the bullet-ridden body of a CPM supporter from a forest in Goaltore police station in West Midnapore.

The body of Rakha Hari Shar (42),a CPM supporter from Makli village who went missing two days ago,was found today by locals near a forest Bhandarpur.

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.

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