Midnapore:
Villagers suspecting that bodies were buried near former West Bengal CPI(M) minister Susanta Ghosh's house in West Midnapore district today dug up a pit and found seven skeletons, police sources said.
Villagers of Malikdanga dug up the pit near Ghosh's ancestral house and informed the police after seven skeletons and a huge quantity of human bone fragments were found, the sources said.
The police have joined the excavations and would continue it tomorrow, sources said.
Two skeletons were also dug up from Bhanderbelia village in Jhargram area after information was provided by an arrested Maoist leader, the sources said.
Meanwhile, seven illegal firearms were seized from three sacks in Garbeta, Keshpur and Salbani police station areas of the district.