India | Posted on Dec 20, 2010 at 12:46pm IST

Maoists kill school teacher in West Bengal

Press Trust Of India

Jhargram,West Bengal: Suspected Maoists have killed a primary school teacher who was also a CPI(M) leader at Chhotakhakri village in West Midnapore district, police said on Monday.

Kalicharan Mahato (40), teacher of Kadamdiha primary school, was pulled out of his residence in the village and shot dead by about ten armed men on Sunday, they said.

The body of Mahato, who was a member of the CPI(M)-controlled All Bengal Primary School Teachers Association, was spotted a few km away from his house, police said, adding a poster found near his body stated that Mahato was killed for being a police informer.

Maoists kill school teacher in West Bengal

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