Maoists target security forces ahead of first phase of polling
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Latehar/Sasaram, Apr 15 (PTI) Maoists today attacked parmilitary forces a day ahead of the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in Jharkhand and Bihar, killing three persons including two CRPF personnel even as police claimed that 17 of the ultras were gunned down.
About 200 members of the banned CPI (Maoist) attacked a BSF camp, set up for poll security in Dhansa Valley in Bihar's Rohtas district, early today with rockets and other weapons, Rohtas Police Superintendent Vikas Vaibhav said.
Vaibhav, who is leading a team of central para-military forces, state police and a special task force in the forests around the scene of encounter, said the guerrillas surrounded the camp near Rohtasgarh fort, around 200 kms from Ranchi, and fired rockets at it.
The BSF personnel retaliated and the encounter that followed lasted for over three-and-a-half hours, he said, adding that the bodies of the 12 ultras were taken away by their colleagues into the forest. One BSF man was injured.
IG (Operations) S K Bharadwaj said two IAF helicopters have been pressed into service to assist the ground forces in tracking down the retreating naxalites and to airdrop men.
In Latehar district of Jharkhand, about 125 kms from Ranchi, the Maoists triggered a landmine blast leading to an exchange of fire with security forces in which two CRPF personnel, a civilian driver with the force and five naxalites were killed. PTI
About 200 members of the banned CPI (Maoist) attacked a BSF camp, set up for poll security in Dhansa Valley in Bihar's Rohtas district, early today with rockets and other weapons, Rohtas Police Superintendent Vikas Vaibhav said.
Vaibhav, who is leading a team of central para-military forces, state police and a special task force in the forests around the scene of encounter, said the guerrillas surrounded the camp near Rohtasgarh fort, around 200 kms from Ranchi, and fired rockets at it.
The BSF personnel retaliated and the encounter that followed lasted for over three-and-a-half hours, he said, adding that the bodies of the 12 ultras were taken away by their colleagues into the forest. One BSF man was injured.
IG (Operations) S K Bharadwaj said two IAF helicopters have been pressed into service to assist the ground forces in tracking down the retreating naxalites and to airdrop men.
In Latehar district of Jharkhand, about 125 kms from Ranchi, the Maoists triggered a landmine blast leading to an exchange of fire with security forces in which two CRPF personnel, a civilian driver with the force and five naxalites were killed. PTI
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