I hope peace prevails in India soon. According to home minister 20 out of 27 states are on fire. Peace in India will have a good effect on her other neighbors in South Asia as well. BTW why are Maoists are fighting against the Govt? Do they want to have their own Govt?
Maoists attack kills 10 cops in India
*A landmine attack by Maoist rebels in eastern India struck the convoy of a senior politician, killing ten policemen and a young boy, officials said on Sunday.
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The attack in Jharkhand state came during a two-day shutdown imposed by the Maoists in many areas which they control, to protest against the police killing last month of one of their top leaders Koteswar Rao, better known as Kishenji.
“Ten security personnel and a boy were killed on Saturday evening when Maoists triggered a powerful landmine targeting the convoy of Inder Singh Namdhari,” local district police chief Dev Bihari Sharma told AFP by phone.
“The escort vehicle following the VIP vehicle was exploded by the landmine,” Sharma said. “It was a huge blast. Two policemen are also injured.”
Maoists shutdown: Railway tracks in Jharkhand blown up, mobile tower set on fire in Bihar
*RANCHI/PATNA/BHUBANESWAR: The Maoists on Sunday blew up railway tracks in Jharkhand and set afire a mobile tower in Bihar’s Aurangabad district on the first day of their two-day country-wide shutdown to protest against their leader Kishanji’s killing.
Coming just hours after the attack on the convoy of Independent MP Inder Singh Namdhari, the death toll in which rose to 11, the Naxalites triggered an IED to blow up tracks between Gomia and Dumri railway stations in Bokaro district early on Sunday, SP Kuldip Diwedi said. *
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Another group blew up tracks between Hehegara and Chhipadohar railway stations in Latehar district, the police there said.
With one more policeman succumbing to his injuries in Saturday’s attack on Namdhari’s convoy in Latehar district late last night, the toll increased to 11 which included an eight-year-old boy.
The Maoists also looted firearms and ammunition from the dead and injured policemen, the police said.
In neighbouring Bihar, where Maoist presence is strong, a group of them stormed into Suhi village in the Kutumba police station area and set on fire a mobile tower of private operator Airtel, the police said.
Railway service in Aurangabad district was badly hit and several passenger trains running through the district were cancelled after the Maoists blew tracks in neighbouring Jharkhan*