A week after the murder of Sarenga OC Rabi Loc-han Mitra, the Maoists struck again in Bankura town. They kidnapped a school headmaster on Friday and threaten to kill him if the government does not release six villagers arrested after Mitra’s murder.
The Maoists have tasted success with this tactic before. In October 2009, they brought the government to its knees by holding Sankrail OC Atindranath Dutta hostage until the government released a dozen-odd women suspected of being Maoist sympathisers. And in Jharkhand last month, they held a BDO to ransom to secure the release of some suspected linkmen.
On Friday afternoon, Ranjit Duley was in his office at Shibram Satpathy school when two gunmen barged into the compound and went around shouting for the headmaster. Ranjit came out and confronted them. Witnesses say the two men pointed their guns at him and told him to come along.
Ranjit was seen climbing on a motorcycle with the men. They took the road to Goaltore in West Midnapore. He was ‘tried’ in a kangaroo court all evening, deep inside the Amlachuti forest, say sources.
Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maoists-kidnap-threaten-to-kill-headmaster/articleshow/5650060.cms
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