Midnapore (PTI): A leader of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), youth wing of the CPI(M), has been killed by Maoists at Gosaidanga in Lalgarh bloc of West Midnapore.

Buddhadeb Pathak was called out of his residence by a group of Maoists and taken away to an unknown place where he was shot dead on Sunday night, police said.

His body was recovered from a field in the village this morning, they added.