Kolkata: Five days after seven persons were shot dead at Netai village in Lalgarh by suspected CPI(M) armed cadre, the Maoists on Wednesday retaliated by burning the houses of CPI(M) workers and supporters.
A Maoist squad entered Chandpal village under Sankrail police station and set on fire six houses, a senior district police officer said.
"So far there is no report of casualty and the joint forces have rushed to the spot," he said.
Local people said the Maoists, shouting slogans against the Netai village massacre, set fire to the abandoned house of a CPI(M) supporter Vivekananda Mondal.
The fire then spread to nearby houses and at least another five went up in flames.
The Maoists, whose writ had run earlier in Lalgarh, but had been driven out by the CPI(M), also left behind posters decrying the Netai massacre.
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