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Midnapore (WB) : Hours after offering a conditional 72-day ceasefire to the Centre and West Bengal government, Maoists attacked the Kantapahari camp of the security forces in West Midnapore district, leaving one person dead.
The attack took place late last night in the Naxalite stronghold of Kantapahari. Superintendent of Police Manoj Verma said Maoist-backed People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) members assembled near the Kantapahari camp of the forces and fired, prompting the jawans to challenge them.
In the ensuing gun battle, one person, believed to be a PCPA member, was killed. "The PCPA members, with a number of Maoists among them, obviously had plans to attack the Kantapahari camp but the jawans were alert and repulsed them," Verma said. More forces have been despatched to the area. Unconfirmed reports said the deceased has been identified as Lalmohan Tudu, a PCPA activist.
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