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SP, five other policemen killed in Jharkhand Naxal attack
Ranchi: Naxals carried out a daring attack in Jharkhand’s Dumka district on Tuesday when they attacked a police motorcade killing six cops, including an SP. Reports said the Naxals attacked the motorcade of Amarjit Balihar, the Superintendent of Police of neighbouring Pakur district, when he was returning from a meeting.
Balihar as well as five other police personnel were killed in the attack. Maoists opened fire on the police convoy when it was passing through the Kathikund area. Additional forces have been rushed to the spot, officials said. “Six policemen including Pakur Superintendent of Police Amarjit Balihar were killed in a Maoist ambush,” state Director General of Police Rajiv Kumar said. Initial reports had put the death toll at seven.
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As it happened: Pakur SP, five others killed in Jharkhand
Naxal attack 21.06: Pakur SP, five others killed in Jharkhand Naxal attack A superintendent of police, known for his tough stand against Left-wing extremism, and five other policemen were killed and three others injured in an ambush by Maoists in Jharkhand’s Dumka district today. The ultras, who were lying in wait, opened fire and hurled bombs at the convoy of 45-year-old Amarjit Balihar, SP of Pakur who was returning from Dumka, state Home Secretary N N Pandey told PTI. Balihar, an IPS officer of 2003 batch, had been commandant of Jharkhand Armed Police. He was a target of Maoists due to his tough stand against them ever since his posting at Pakur, sources said. The driver of Balihar’s vehicle was among those killed, he said, adding five policemen died on the spot and another on way to the hospital.
The Maoists fired over 150 bullets at the policemen, who did not get a chance to retaliate, DIG (Dumka) Priya Dubey said, adding the ultras also looted the weapons of the policemen. The attack took place around 3.45 pm near Kathikund in Dumka district bordering Pakur, about 400 km from here, when they were returning after attending a meeting chaired by Dubey and attended by all the SPs of the range, Additional Director General of Police B B Pradhan said. Earlier, police had said the incident had occurred near the forests of Amrapara in Pakur district bordering Dumka. Besides Balihar, the dead policemen were identified as Ashok Kumar Srivastav, Chandan Kumar Thappa, Manoj Kumar Hembrom and Rajesh Kumar Sharma. The name of the sixth policeman is yet to be known, Pandey said. Their bodies were taken to Dumka and the injured were admitted to the sadar hospital there and later referred to Dhanbad hospital, he added. PTI
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