Gidhni: In a surprise
attack by the Maoists, four security personnel were killed and
their arms looted in Jhargram sub-division of Naxal affected
West Midnapore district on Sunday.
Kuldip Singh, IG (Western Range), said the jawans of the
Eastern Frontier Rifles were attacked when they were
patrolling near a police camp close to a school in Gidhni
Bazaar area under Jamboni police station.
The bodies of all the four jawans were lying at the
bazaar area. The Maoists escaped with arms looted from the
slain jawans.
The incident took place at around 5.30 pm after the
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and senior state
government officials left West Midnapore district for Kolkata
after a two-day visit, police said.
Yesterday, the Maoists had killed three youths hours
before the Chief Minister's arrival in the district.
The bullet-riddled bodies of Lakhi Das, Jayram Mandi and
Manoranjan, all Jharkhand Party activits, were found with
their hands and legs bound on a road in Kusbani jungle, about
70 km from Midnapore town.
The ultras had also shot at and injured a former Marxist
legislator.
Bureau Report
First Published: Sunday, November 08, 2009, 19:59