Statesman
reports that a group of
three
Communist
Party
of
India-Maoist
(CPI-Maoist)
cadres
shot
dead
one
of
their
colleagues,
identified
as
Mangal
Mahato,
in
the
West Midnapore district on February 15-night.
The
killing
was
reportedly
the
result
of
the
slain
cadre
“betraying”
the
organisation.
Separately, Maoists opened fire at
a
police
patrol
party
in
the
Belpaharai
area
of
the
same
district
on
February
17,
according
to
The
Hindu.
However,
no
causality
was
reported
in
the
incident.