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Maoist guerrillas triggered a landmine blast in Orissas tribal-dominated Koraput district on Sunday morning, killing nine security personnel and injuring 10 others
The incident took place on a day when Union Home Minister P Chidamabaram exhorted West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to act firmly against the menace.
Reaching the rebels heartland of Lalgarh in West Bengals West Midnapore district for a first-hand assessment of the situation, Chidambaram sought to put the ball in Bhattacharjees court, saying the buck stops at the chief ministers door when it comes to law and order in the state.
All the security personnel killed in the deadliest attack in nearly two months belonged to the special operations group (SOG) of the Orissa police. One security man is missing.
According to Koraput district intelligence bureau (DIB) officer SK Acharya, the incident occurred at place called Mantriamba near Baipariguda town of the district when securitymen were passing through a hilly road on a mini bus. About 70 SOG jawans were travelling in three mini buses when the Naxals triggered the landmine targeting the first of the three vehicles. All the killed and injured security personnel were in the first bus, Acharya told Deccan Herald.
The jawans were on their way to clear a road, which the Naxalites had blocked with an uprooted tree, connecting Koraput with the neighbouring district of Malkangiri.
The road clearing was needed for the movement of Border Security Force (BSF) which has already arrived in Orissa for Operation Green Hunt. Five BSF battalions are currently stationed in Koraput and Malkangiri districts for the special anti-Naxal operation.
Sundays incident on the eve of the launching the special anti-Maoist operation has come as a big jolt for the security forces. Soon after the incident, the superintendents of police (SPs) of Koraput and Malkangiri districts reached the spot with additional forces for a combing operation in the area.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/62049/maoists-kill-9-troopers-landmine.html
The incident took place on a day when Union Home Minister P Chidamabaram exhorted West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to act firmly against the menace.
Reaching the rebels heartland of Lalgarh in West Bengals West Midnapore district for a first-hand assessment of the situation, Chidambaram sought to put the ball in Bhattacharjees court, saying the buck stops at the chief ministers door when it comes to law and order in the state.
All the security personnel killed in the deadliest attack in nearly two months belonged to the special operations group (SOG) of the Orissa police. One security man is missing.
According to Koraput district intelligence bureau (DIB) officer SK Acharya, the incident occurred at place called Mantriamba near Baipariguda town of the district when securitymen were passing through a hilly road on a mini bus. About 70 SOG jawans were travelling in three mini buses when the Naxals triggered the landmine targeting the first of the three vehicles. All the killed and injured security personnel were in the first bus, Acharya told Deccan Herald.
The jawans were on their way to clear a road, which the Naxalites had blocked with an uprooted tree, connecting Koraput with the neighbouring district of Malkangiri.
The road clearing was needed for the movement of Border Security Force (BSF) which has already arrived in Orissa for Operation Green Hunt. Five BSF battalions are currently stationed in Koraput and Malkangiri districts for the special anti-Naxal operation.
Sundays incident on the eve of the launching the special anti-Maoist operation has come as a big jolt for the security forces. Soon after the incident, the superintendents of police (SPs) of Koraput and Malkangiri districts reached the spot with additional forces for a combing operation in the area.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/62049/maoists-kill-9-troopers-landmine.html
