Pro-Maoist group member killed in West Bengal
June 28th, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANSKolkata, June 28 (IANS) The body of a pro-Maoist militant wing activist was found in West Bengal’s Bankura district Monday, with the police claiming that he was murdered by the guerrillas. However, locals said the killing could be the handiwork of the anti-Maoist People’s Resistance Committee.
The body of Kiriti Duley, 40, was found in Sarenga area, Bankura police superintendent Vishal Garg said.
“Duley was a member of Sidhu Kanu Gana Militia, the militant wing of the tribal body People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA). Maoists are the suspects,” Garg told IANS.
Asked why the rebels would kill a member of the militia, he replied: “I can’t tell you that right now. But the Maoists are the suspects as per our preliminary findings.”
Duley was a former activist of the Communist Party of India-Marxist. He switched to the PCAPA after the tribal body became active.
Sources in Sarenga, however, said the People’s Resistance Committee could have been involved in the murder to “teach him a lesson”.
Maoists are active in three western districts - West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia - of the state.
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