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Maoists shot policemen in head, burnt two

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January 22, 2012

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Ranchi, January 22: Maoist guerrillas killed the 13 policemen in Jharkhand by shooting most of the wounded men in their head and also threw two of them into a burning vehicle, officials said Sunday.


Police officials based on inputs from the attack site in a forested part of Garwah district provided graphic details of the deadly ambush by the guerrillas Saturday.

Thirteen policemen, including sub-inspector Rambali Singh, were killed and two others injured when the Maoists detonated a powerful landmine and opened fire at the dazed survivors.

Although the policemen were in an anti-landmine vehicle, the blast was so powerful that it hurled high in the air. The ear-splattering explosion was heard in many surrounding villages.

Another blast followed when the injured policemen scrambled out of the vehicle. That was when the Maoists shot them in their head, police sources told IANS. After killing the policemen, Maoists set on fire the anti-landmine vehicle and threw bodies of two policemen, including Rambali Singh, into it.

The guerrillas spared two injured policemen. One of them is Sujit Kumar Yadav. According to the sources, Maoists asked his name. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), which claimed responsibility for the blast, is dominated by the Yadav community in many parts of the state.

After the savagery, the Maoists looted 11 Insas rifles, two AK-47 assault rifles and a revolver from the dead men. Police officers admitted that one reason why so many policemen died in one stroke is because they had ignored minimum safety measures.

"The incident will be probed. The policemen overlooked police advisory," Jharkhand Director General of Police G.S. Rath told IANS from Garwah. The policemen were not wearing safety helmets.

"Many suffered head injuries following the blast," another police officer told IANS. Rath and other senior officers Sunday paid homage to the dead policemen in Garwah district.

The policemen had been accompanying Garwah zila parisad president Sushma Mehta, who went missing after the incident along with her guards. Her vehicle was not targeted.

Police have launched a major operation to rescue them. The CPI-Maoist has reportedly taken responsibility for the massacre. According to local media reports, the CPI-Maoist said it killed the police personnel to protest against an anti-Maoist operation.

"This is also the outcome of the arrest (of our comrades) Naresh Bhuiya alias Sunilji who went missing after his arrest," the party said. Since Jharkhand was formed in 2000, 397 security personnel have been killed by Maoists. Maoists are active in 18 of the state's 24 districts.


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Agencies
February 16,2020

Five Bajrang Dal activists have been arrested for allegedly indulging in vandalism in the city on Valentines Day, police said.

They said about 10 to 15 activists on two wheelers vandalised a shop in Kattupalli area in Hyderabad on February 14.

They held aloft flags and raised slogans against celebration of Valentines Day and "created havoc" at different malls, a police press release said.

On receiving information, police rushed to a mall, but the Bajrang Dal activists escaped from the spot.

Five of them were later identified with the help of CCTV footage and arrested, police said.

The others too have been identified and efforts were on to nab them, police said.

Two cases have been registered against them under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code on a complaint from shop owners, the release said.

 

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Agencies
January 16,2020

Cuttack, Jan 16: At least 15 passengers were injured as five coaches of the Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Lokmanya Tilak Express derailed and three more were displaced after colliding with a goods train amid heavy fog near Cuttack in Odisha on Thursday, railway officials said.

Railway officials had earlier said that 25 passengers were injured in the incident but later officers who reached the site reported that four passengers were found to have suffered major injuries and 11 had received minor injuries.

Passengers with major injuries have been sent to Cuttack Medical College. All passengers are stated to be out of danger.

Officials said the accident happened when the passenger train hit the guard van of a good train around 7 am between Salagaon and Nergundi stations.

The officials said there was heavy fog at the site but it was not clear what led to the accident. The speedometer of both the trains have been seized for inquiry, East Coast Railway Spokesperson J P Mishra said.

Buses have been arranged for all remaining passengers to move towards their destination.

Cuttack is around 10-12 km away and Bhubaneswar(Terminating station) is 35 km.

The accident disrupted train services in the area.

Five trains have been affected due to the accident where restoration work in underway. These include the Bhubaneswar-Mumbai LTT SF Express, the Puri-Rourkela Express, Dhanbad-Bhubaneshwar Rajyarani Express which have all been diverted via Naraj.

"East Coast Railway acknowledges with deep gratitude help of nearby locals and villagers who have displayed great humanitarian values and come to the rescue of injured passengers," Mishra said.

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March 7,2020

Palghar, Mar 7: Police have arrested a man for allegedly cheating several shopkeepers in Maharashtra's Thane, Pune and Nashik by making phone calls in a woman's voice, police said on Friday.

The accused, Shashikant Ambekar (42), a resident of Palghar, was arrested in the last week of February, they said.

"He used to note down the phone numbers mentioned on different shops and call the owners in a woman's voice to order some things from them. He would tell them that he had a Rs 2000 currency note and needed change," an official said.

"He would ask the shopkeepers to send smaller denomination notes for exchange. He would wait at the entrance of buildings and when the delivery man arrived, he used to tell that he was there on behalf of the ''caller woman''.

"He would then take the currency notes from the delivery man saying he would get the Rs 2,000 note from the woman. However, he would disappear from the scene," the official said.

Police have seized Rs 1,85,000 from the accused and found that so far he has committed 22 similar crimes in different parts of the state.

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