A Communist Party
of
India-Marxist
(CPI-M) supporter
Basu
Das
was
shot
dead
by
suspected
Communist
Party
of
India-Maoist
(CPI-Maoist) cadres
on
February
6
in
a
Birbhum
village,
according
to
Telegraph.
In addition, a pickup
truck
loaded
with
paddy
was
set
ablaze
by
Peoples
Committee
against
Police
Atrocities
(PCPA)
supporters
in
West Midnapore on February
6.
Times of India reports that there is a clear division in
the
Maoist
ranks
in
Bengal for the first time
since
they
started
their
campaign
15
years
ago.
Marshall,
a
‘zonal leader’ and one of the architects of the insurgency
in
Jangalmahal,
has
turned
into
an
acute
headache
for
Koteswar
Rao
alias
Kishanji.
After
over
a
decade
in
the
guerrilla
ranks,
Marshall has raised
his
voice
against
Kishanji
and
other
‘non-tribal
leaders’,
branding
them
‘outsiders’
in
Jangalmahal.
The
sons
of
the
soil,
who
are
at
the
frontlines
of
dangerous
tasks
and
carry
out
the
Maoist
policymakers’
orders,
are
being
sidelined
by
outsiders
like
Kishanji,
he
said.
Earlier,
the
Maoist
leader
Kishenji
on
February
5
had
said
that
the
Maoists
were
ready
for
talks
if
the
Centre
stopped
operations
against
them.
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