CPM leaders body found in ditch at Burdwan

The body of a panchayat committee member,who went missing on January 21,was recovered from Kanksa in Burdwan district on Sunday.

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The body of a panchayat committee member,who went missing on January 21,was recovered from Kanksa in Burdwan district on Sunday. A member of CPMs Puduma village committee in Birbhums Dubrajpur area,Sunil Hembrams body was identified by his brother.

The remains of Hembrams mangled body were discovered from a ditch near an ancient temple in the forest which acts as a corridor between Birbhum and Burdwan districts. The body bore burnt marks and there were bullet marks on his chest and temple as well as injuries to other parts of the body. His feet had been chopped off,said police.

Apart from the local police,officers from Dubrajpur and Ilambazar police stations in Birbhum and Kanksa police station in Burdwan also rushed to the spot where the body was found.

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Dubrajpur OC Kartik Ghosh said there had been frequent clashes between the CPM and the Trinamool Congress supporters in the area. On January 21,the two parties clashed and Hembram went missing. The family lodged a complaint with the police the next day, he added. Kanksa OC Tirthendu Ganguly did not rule out the possibility of a Maoist hand behind the killing.

Zonal CPM leader of Dubrajpur,Sadhan Ghosh,however,blamed local Trinamool supporters and leaders for Hembrams death. Trinamool supporters abducted and killed him, he said.

The Kanksa jangalmahal area has become the haunting ground of Naxal outfits with the police making a number of high-profile arrests from the interior villages.

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