Nagpur: The death toll in Friday’s Naxal attack in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district has gone up
to five with an injured tribal boy succumbing in a private
nursing home here early today, police said.
Mukesh Potavi (6) was among the 10 students of ‘Ashram
Shala’ (tribal school) at Sawargaon village in Dhanora taluka
who suffered injuries when the Maoists hurled explosives near
the institute. Four persons - two students, a female cook and
a villager - were killed yesterday, they said.
Among the injured students, four, including Potavi,
were shifted to General Hospital in Gadchiroli. He was later
taken to Nagpur, where he breathed his last, police added.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil arrived
here this morning and later left for Gadchiroli, the worst
Naxal affected district in Maharashtra.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, October 09, 2010, 14:41