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This is an archive article published on March 7, 2010

Maoists abduct headmaster,seek villagers release

The fate of Ranjit Duley,the headmaster of a Sarenga school who was abducted by Maoists on Friday,hangs in the balance with Maoist leader Kishenji pressing for the release of six villagers as a trade off....

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The fate of Ranjit Duley,the headmaster of a Sarenga school who was abducted by Maoists on Friday,hangs in the balance with Maoist leader Kishenji pressing for the release of six villagers as a trade off. The district administration has not yet decided what to do.

On Friday afternoon,Ranjit was in his office at Shibram Satpathy school when two gunmen barged into the compound and fired in the air. As other teachers fled,Ranjit confronted them. Witnesses said two men pointed guns at him and asked him to come along. Sidhu Soren of the Maoist-backed Gana Militia has owned up to the abduction and demanded the release of six villagers arrested following the death of Rabi Lochan Mitra,officer-in-charge of Sarenga police station,in a gunbattle.

The situation is critical and we are doing whatever we can. Our investigation is on, said Bankura SP Bishal Garg. Police sources said special task force teams were conducting raids in various areas of Bankura,Purulia and West Midnapore. Police believe Ranjit is being held in some jungle area in the Jhargram-Lalgarh belt. We are trying to collect all information and are trying to get him released unharmed, Chief secretary Ashok Mohan Chakraborty said.

The family members of the schoolteacher,meanwhile,appealed to Kishenji for Ranjits release. Significantly,Ranjits younger brother Ramkrishna was murdered by Maoists last August. The family was a CPM supporter till that point.

They killed my father-in-law a year ago. Now they have abducted his brother. Why cant we live in peace. I beg Kishenji for his life, said Tararani,a relative. We have appealed to the administration to release the villagers.

 

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