Statesman News Service
Patna (Bihar): Maoists raided two police stations in Bihar late last night, killing nine people, including six policemen and three civilians. Six people were wounded. They looted 17 weapons before retreating. There is panic in the areas as the attacks exposed Intelligence failure. Police of neighbouring districts surrounded Navner village in Aurangabad district where about 150 extremists took shelter after executing the attacks.
Reports quoting police said about 500 extremists split into two groups to attack the Rajpur police station and the Baghela police outpost in Rohtas district simultaneously with petrol and can bombs. Reports said the extremists thrashed two policemen inside the police station after undressing them. Some policemen were shot dead and others charred in a fire that broke out during attacks. Before leaving the scene, the Maoists blasted the police stations with dynamites.
The extremists reportedly used the public address system to warn the villagers not to venture out of their houses. But some of them became victims of the crossfire. More than 500 rounds were fired in the twin attacks that lasted till the early hours of the morning, police said.
“It was horrible. Before we could understand what was happening, we were bombarded with petrol bombs. We cried in pain,” Mr Surendra Thakur, a policeman who sustained serious bullet and burn injuries, told reporters at a local hospital today.
The Maoists are agitated over the ongoing police drive during which more than 50 top leaders, including Ajay Kanu, were arrested, a cache of arms and ammunition seized and a dozen bunkers destroyed. Rohtas DM Mr Vishwanath Singh said victims of last night’s attacks included Shivlal Ram (havildar), Fulchand Munda (constable), Rajbali Singh (chowkidar) and two civilians identified as Vijay Singh and Dwarikanath Mishra at Rajpur and Pal Vimal Toppo (havildar), Madhuri Ram (constable) and a civilian, Ghuran Mandal, at Baghela.
(If police are unable to protect themselves from Maoist, then how they will protect common people? – Editor)
Source: http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=1&theme=&usrsess=1&id=161322
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