5 policemen abducted by Maoists in Chhattisgarh
5 policemen abducted by Maoists in Chhattisgarh
BILASPUR: Five policemen left their camp in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur to proceed on leave, but were abducted enroute by a group of Maoists on Tuesday morning, police said. An unidentified civilian too was taken hostage.
"The policemen were travelling on a civilian passenger bus, unarmed and dressed in civilian clothes. A group of 30 Maoists stopped the bus and asked the people to disembark. Everybody was searched. It appears that the five policemen's identities were revealed and they were taken away," said Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Mayank Srivastava. He said it was not clear why the civilian too was abducted.
The incident took place on an interior road strewn with isolated police and paramilitary outposts, before it meanders and fades away into the Abhujhmad forests, believed to controlled by Maoists.
The policemen boarded a bus at Dhanora where their post is located. The bus was stopped by the Maoists near Kungera village. "This is an unguarded stretch between Dhaudhai and Farasgaon. Both these camps are separated by twenty kilometres," said Srivastava.
Those abducted include three head constables, Ramadhar Patel, Raghunandan Dhruv, T Ekka, and two constables Ranjan Dubey and Manishankar. All five belong to the Chhattisgarh Armed Force, a special armed wing of the state police, mostly posted in Maoist affected areas.
"There has been no ransom demand so far," said Srivastava.
BILASPUR: Five policemen left their camp in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur to proceed on leave, but were abducted enroute by a group of Maoists on Tuesday morning, police said. An unidentified civilian too was taken hostage.
"The policemen were travelling on a civilian passenger bus, unarmed and dressed in civilian clothes. A group of 30 Maoists stopped the bus and asked the people to disembark. Everybody was searched. It appears that the five policemen's identities were revealed and they were taken away," said Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Mayank Srivastava. He said it was not clear why the civilian too was abducted.
The incident took place on an interior road strewn with isolated police and paramilitary outposts, before it meanders and fades away into the Abhujhmad forests, believed to controlled by Maoists.
The policemen boarded a bus at Dhanora where their post is located. The bus was stopped by the Maoists near Kungera village. "This is an unguarded stretch between Dhaudhai and Farasgaon. Both these camps are separated by twenty kilometres," said Srivastava.
Those abducted include three head constables, Ramadhar Patel, Raghunandan Dhruv, T Ekka, and two constables Ranjan Dubey and Manishankar. All five belong to the Chhattisgarh Armed Force, a special armed wing of the state police, mostly posted in Maoist affected areas.
"There has been no ransom demand so far," said Srivastava.
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