Sunday, March 23, 2008

Maoists attacked Village

BERHAMPORE (WB): Four villagers, including a minor, sustained bullet wounds when suspected Maoists shot at them at Tewt village in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, police said on Sunday.

Superintendent of Police Basab Dasgupta said that a group of five armed Maoist cadre, including a woman, shot at the members of a village defence party on patrol late on Saturday night.

Hearing the sounds of gunshot, a boy came out of the house and was hit by a bullet. Other villagers began chasing the Maoists and caught hold of a rebel identified as Bapan alias Swapan.

According to villagers, a local broke his right arm when the Maoists hit him with the butt of a gun. The injured have been admitted to Amtala Rural Hospital.

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