Maoists kill three villagers in West Bengal

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). (ANI)