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CPM leader shot dead in West Midnapore

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Posted: Feb 23, 2008 at 0240 hrs IST

Kolkata, February 22 A local CPM leader, Karamchand Singh, was shot dead by three miscreants at Machkadhna village under Belpahari police station area in West Midnapore district on Friday morning.

The deceased was a schoolteacher and a CPM local committee leader.

Around 11.30 am, the armed trio entered the primary school, which is located in a remote part of the village.

They dragged Singh out of the class and opened fire once outside the school premises.

The miscreants also smashed his face with a heavy stone and fled.

West Midnapore Superintendent of Police Rajshekharan said no one has been arrested yet.

Police are conducting a thorough search in the area.

But CPM district committee secretary Dipak Sarkar claimed that Singh was killed by a Maoist outfit active in the forests in the district.

The SP did not confirm whether a Maoist hand was behind the incident.

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