Maoist-backed group observes shutdown in Bengal, torches truck
December 12th, 2009 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANSKolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) Activists of the Maoist-backed People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) Saturday torched a truck on the National Highway-6 while observing a 24-hour shutdown in three western districts of West Bengal, police said.
Police said the incident took place near Lodhashuli forest area in trouble-torn West Midnapore district Saturday morning as a group of PCAPA activists stopped the vehicle on the highway and set it on fire. The truck was carrying vegetables.
The shutdown was called in the West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia districts to protest the death of a PCAPA supporter in police firing at Satpati area in West Midnapore.
Violence sparked off at Satpati Thursday as police exchanged gunfire with a group of Maoists. While police said no one was injured, Union Minister of State for Shipping and Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy claimed that one person was killed and six others were injured in the gunbattle.
Meanwhile, the joint forces personnel also recovered a landmine from Dharampur region in the district. They also detained a villager on suspicion of links with the Maoist ultras, police said.
The Maoists are active in some 30 police station areas in the three districts.
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