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Maoist shutdown evokes mixed response, normal life affected

Suspected Maoists torched CPI-M offices, blew up a village council building and blocked roads as the 48-hour shutdown they called in five states to protests security operations in Lalgarh evoked mixed responses on the second day Tuesday. In West Bengal, normal life in rebel strongholds continued to be disrupted.4:00 PM on June 24