Midnapore, July 22: A CPI(M) leader was shot dead by Maoists when he was working in his fields Wednesday morning in Belpahari in West Midnapore, the sixth victim of the ultras in the district this month.
The Maoists, who have called a bandh today in a number of states including West Bengal, shot dead Belpahari branch secretary of the CPI(M) Phagu Baskey at Madhupur village for working during the shutdown, police said.
Earlier on June 10 Maoists had killed two CPI(M) supporters Baren Mahato and Gurucharan Mahato of Sisri village, near Lalgarh, and on June 14 two others followed by another recently in the district.
Meanwhile, the People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities blocked roads by felling trees at Bamal, Kadasole, Kantapahari and other places.
—Agencies