CRPF jawan, 2 ultras killed in encounter
Gaya, Jun 10 2012, (PTI):
A CRPF jawan and two ultras were today killed and nine security personnel injured in an encounter between the forces and armed Maoists in Balthar forests in Bihar's Gaya district, a top police official said.
The CRPF jawan, Sachindra Sharma, fell to the Maoists' bullets while security forces gunned down two ultras during the exchange of fire, Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Headquarters, Ravindra Kumar said.
The slain jawan of CRPF's 159th battalion was posted at Gaya, he said. The encounter took place between the security forces and the armed Maoists after the CRPF's CoBRA battalion, STF and Gaya police launched a joint combing operation in Balthar forests this morning following a tip-off, Kumar said.
The armed Maoists opened fire and triggered several land mine blasts to stop the advancing security forces, who retaliated, triggering the gunbattle.
Two ultras were killed during the hours-long encounter, which began at 6 am, the officer said, adding that the security forces detected blood stains at several places in the forest which indicated that several other ultras may have also died or suffered injuries.
"The retreating Naxalites might have dragged the bodies of the deceased or taken away injured colleagues," the ADG said.
Nine security men, including two civilian policemen, were injured in the encounter.
CRPF jawan, 2 ultras killed in encounter
One cop killed, 4 others injured while defusing bombs in Puri
Puri, June 10 2012, (PTI):
A policeman was killed and four others including two civilians, were injured while defusing bombs earlier seized from a village in Odisha's Puri district.
The victim was identified as Ranjan Kumar Sarangi, a havildar of the district bomb disposal squad. Other seriously injured persons were rushed to the district headquarter hospital, said Anup Kumar Sahu, the superintendent of police (SP), Puri. Earlier in the day, following a tip off, the district police had seized 53 crude bombs and 12 detonators from an abandoned hut in Gambhari village at the bank of Chilika Lake. The seized explosive materials were shifted to Brahmagiri police station with help of the bomb disposal squad.
"However, one of the bombs went off despite keeping it inside water for several hours," the SP said adding that no one was arrested on charge of storing the explosive materials.
Gambhari village was in news recently due to a group clash after the panchayat polls in March where about 50 houses were gutted. Police suspected that the explosives were stored at the village for creating further disturbance at the village.
One cop killed, 4 others injured while defusing bombs in Puri