Naxal ‘revenge attack’ leaves 11 Bihar villagers dead
Source: The Indian Express
Friday , Feb 19, 2010 at 0107 hrs
As many as 11 villagers, including a child, were killed when a group of over 200 Naxalites attacked a village in Jamui late on Wednesday night. The Left wing extremists resorted to heavy firing for over 90 minutes on the hapless villagers, reportedly in retaliation to alleged killing of eight Maoists by the villagers a fortnight ago.
Though the incident is not linked to Centre’s Operation Green Hunt, the attack in Naxal-infested Jamui, bordering Giridih in Jharkhand, might well have given a strong message to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who recently chose not to attend a high-level meeting called by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in Kolkata. On Thursday, Kumar said the police had been asked to be on extra alert in Naxalite-hit districts, but refused to commit on any crackdown against the extremists.
“The incident seems to be purely out of revenge though we have no proof of these villagers killing eight Naxals,” said DIG Amit Kumar, adding that a police post would be opened in the village soon.
Friday , Feb 19, 2010 at 0107 hrs
As many as 11 villagers, including a child, were killed when a group of over 200 Naxalites attacked a village in Jamui late on Wednesday night. The Left wing extremists resorted to heavy firing for over 90 minutes on the hapless villagers, reportedly in retaliation to alleged killing of eight Maoists by the villagers a fortnight ago.
Though the incident is not linked to Centre’s Operation Green Hunt, the attack in Naxal-infested Jamui, bordering Giridih in Jharkhand, might well have given a strong message to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who recently chose not to attend a high-level meeting called by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in Kolkata. On Thursday, Kumar said the police had been asked to be on extra alert in Naxalite-hit districts, but refused to commit on any crackdown against the extremists.
“The incident seems to be purely out of revenge though we have no proof of these villagers killing eight Naxals,” said DIG Amit Kumar, adding that a police post would be opened in the village soon.
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