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Landmine attack kills seven policemen in Jharkhand | In yet another attack on security forces the Maoists
elements triggered a landmine blast in Jharkhand’s Gumla district and killed eight people including seven police personnel. On Friday late evening, the Red rebels
blew up a truck in which police personnel were travelling. According to Jharkhand
police, one officer, five constables, a driver and a civilian were killed in the
attack. Gumla Superintendent of Police Subodh Prasad said:"Seven police personnel
including one officer named Shyam Kishore Singh were killed. The truck driver
Rustam Ansari was also killed in the attack.” On April 16 , 2009 in a similar
attack the Naxalites blew up a Border Security Force (BSF) bus ferrying personnel
from Ladhup to Arah at a place about 125 kilometres from capital Ranchi in Latehar
District, killing nine – seven BSF personnel, one helper and the civilian driver
of the bus. The Naxalites carried out at least 16 landmine attacks to hamper the
movement of the security forces in 2009. Meanwhile, the security forces have
launched
a massive search operation for nabbing Maoists elements. In 2009, Jharkhand
witnessed
a total of 215 people were killed in as many as 381 incidents of Naxal violence.
Jharkhand is ranked second only to Chhattisgarh among the states worst affected
by Left wing extremism. |
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