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Maoists take to violence ahead of second phase of Jharkhand polls | Disappointed by the public response to their call for two-day closure, Maoists are stepping up violent incidents
in their effort to limit public response to the second phase of State Assembly elections in the State. Three security personnel were injured in a landmine
blast triggered by the Maoists in Chatra in Jharkhand on Monday, the second day
of their two-day shutdown. The security persons' vehicle ran over a landmine when
they were patrolling. The injured had to be airlifted to Ranchi , the State capital,
for treatment. The Maoists have increased attacks on railways and power and telecommunication
networks to create an environment of fear. In another incident, Maoist rebels
damaged an under construction barrack for the paramilitary forces, in Chhattisgarh.
The barrack was being built for the Border Security Force (BSF) in PC 34 village
of Kanker district. Several armed rebels reached the construction site at night
and destroyed the barrack. They also planted a tiffin bomb at the site. The incident
failed to deter the officials who plan to carry on the construction work at the
same place. "They had come at around 1 in night and took away the material lying
there and also threw away some material... The barrack will be constructed at
the same place only and the BSF will make it," said R.K. Sharma, Sub Divisional
Officer (SDO), Pankhajur. Campaigning in India 's poll-bound Jharkhand state slowed
down during the 48-hour shutdown called by the Maoists as part of their poll boycott
campaign, party workers said on Monday (November 30). "Campaigning work is getting
impeded due to shutdown. We are working from our offices, and even here people
are finding it difficult to move around due to the shutdown," Dinesh Mahato, a
BJP party worker in Khunti district said. The first phase of polls in the state
for 26 assembly seats was held on November 25. The second phase of polls in the
state, including many of the Maoists affected areas, would be held on December
2, for 14 assembly seats. |
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