2nd February 2009 - Binpur in WB observes bandh

The CPI(M) has called a 12-hour bandh in the Binpur block today condemning the murder of a zonal committee member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) who was shot dead by suspected Maoists in the Lalgarh area of West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur.
The Maoists have a presence in the Lalgarh area — scene of a month-long agitation by a section of the tribal population in November-December 2008 in protest against alleged police atrocities in the region.
The ultras, it is suspected, were behind the agitation that resulted in large parts of the area being virtually cut off from the rest of the district during the agitation.