Purulia(WB), March 01: A CPI(M) worker was shot at by suspected Maoists in West Bengal’s Purulia district this evening, police said.
Kalu Sona Mondal, the CPI(M) worker was having a conversation with some people in a tea stall at Kherkridih village when four suspected Maoists came in two motorcycles and fired at him at around 6 pm, they said.
Mondal was rushed to Purulia Sadar Hospital and his condition is stated to be serious.
He is the younger brother of Yudhistir Mondal, the CPI(M) panchayat member of Balarampur.
–Agencies