Three CPI-M supporters were abducted by tribal agitators from Goaltore area in restive West Midnapore district this morning, the police said.

Naxals have called for an indefinite bandh in Medinipur, Purulia and Bankura districts of West Bengal today.

As India readies for a major offensive against Maoist rebels, security agencies are trawling the international arms market to upgrade the country's counter-insurgency capabilities.

Carrying out fresh attacks, Maoists set ablaze a rail office at Banshipur station in Lakhisarai district after taking eight officials hostages and blew up a block office in neighbouring Munger on the second and final day of their two-day shutdown in Bihar.

Terming Naxals as the "enemies to the security of the country", CRPF Director General A S Gill said the specialised forces would adopt new counter strategies to take on the Maoists.