Three killed in Lalgarh violence

Kolkata, September 08: There has been an upsurge of fresh violence in the Lalgarh area of West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district since Sunday night as three persons, including a Communist Party of India (Marxist) functionary , were killed and their houses ransacked by suspected Maoists.

With these killings, five persons have been killed in the region since Saturday.

—Agencies