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Maoists kill CPI(M) zonal committee member 
Purulia (WB) (PTI): A CPI(M) zonal committee member was shot dead and another injured by armed Maoists at Bhomragarh village in West Bengal's Purulia district on Sunday, police sources said. 

Ganapati Bhadra (45), CPI(M) zonal committee member and Rampada Majhi, a local committee member, were returning home from an election meeting when the armed Maoists fired at them at Bhomragarh village in Bandawan around noon, sources said. 

Majhi was shifted from Bandwan primary health centre to Purulia Sadar Hospital after his condition deteriorated. 

The three tier panchayat polls in Purulia district would be held next Sunday (May 11). 

Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar Prasad has rushed to the spot, sources added.