Information About Incident 47374-92000-231328 in Puruliya India

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The Hindu reports that the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed seven Forward Bloc party workers, identified as Chapala Garai, Tapan Singh Sardar, Kinkar Singh, Rajesh Singh, Gopeswar Mahato, Gobardhan Singh and Arjun Singh Mura at Baghbinda village of Jhalda in Purulia District on December 17.

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• Meta Location: Baghbinda Jhalda Purulia District
• Matched District: Puruliya
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: the cadres of the Communist Party of India - Maoist ( CPI-M aoist )
• Subject: seven Forward Bloc party workers

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The Hindu reports that the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed seven Forward Bloc party workers, identified as Chapala Garai, Tapan Singh Sardar, Kinkar Singh, Rajesh Singh, Gopeswar Mahato, Gobardhan Singh and Arjun Singh Mura at Baghbinda village of Jhalda in Purulia District on December 17. A group of 10 to 12 Maoists first raided the house of Chandicharan Singh Sardar, president of the Gitalaya village panchayat samiti (block level local self government institution). Upon not finding him there, the Maoists abducted his brother and local Forward Bloc leader Tapan Singh Sardar and killed him near the house. Chapala Garai was the sarpanch (president of gram panchayat, village level local self government institution) of Darda gram panchayat. Kinkar Singh was the Bloc secretary of the Forward Bloc while Gobardhan Singh was a Bloc member for 15 years. The victims were picked up from their homes at about 2 AM [IST] and shot at from close range in a field in the hilly village bordering Jharkhand, Superintendent of Police Sunil Kumar Chaudhuri said. Maoists left posters at the spot claiming that the seven villagers had been spying for the Security personnel. Protest against those with Operation Green Hunt and Left Front and Congress leaders, one of the posters said. In another poster it was written: Police torture of the public has to stop otherwise, extreme punishment will be given to Left Front leaders.

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