Maoists attacked the Kantapahari camp of the security forces in West Midnapore district on Monday night, leaving one person dead. The attack came hours after Maoists made a conditional ceasefire offer asking the government to halt the offensive against them for 72 days and involve mediators for talks. Superintendent of Police Manoj Verma said Maoist-backed People's Committee against Police Atrocities, PCPA members assembled near the Kantapahari camp of the forces and fired, prompting the jawans to challenge them. In the ensuing gunbattle, one person, believed to be a PCPA member, was killed.