Jhargram: Suspected Maoists brutally gunned down three villagers, including a woman, in West Bengal's Jhargram
district. The bodies of the victims were found lying in the middle of the road
in Ganakkata village in the region. The rebels dragged out the victims Sandhyarani
Mahato (45), Rashbihari Mahato (55) and Sheikh Wahid Ali (57) from their houses
and shot them. According to the police the Maoists targeted them as they suspected
them to be police informers. Rashbihari Mahato was a supporter of the Communist
Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), while Ali was an employee of the local Block office.
Sandhyarani, became a victim of the rebels as her son is a soldier in the Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
