Three CPM members shot dead by Maoists

Three CPI(M) members were shot dead by suspected Maoists in Lalgarh area of West Midnapore district,police said on Friday.

Around 500 people,including suspected Maoists,barged into Bandhgara and Chandra villages late last night and shot dead Anil Chalak,ex-panchayat pradhan of Chandra,Daya Chalak of Bandhgara and Amol Patra of Bainda.

Ganesh Hansda,a gram panchayat member of Chandra,was shot at and admitted to Midnapore Medical College Hospital,they said.

The Maoists also burnt the house of Manik Jana,a CPI(M) zonal committee member,after not finding him on Thursday night,police added.