Seven policemen killed in Naxal attack in Bihar

NB - This latest murder-spree by Maoists is worthy of condemnation, and will merely add to the spiral of violence, security operations & revenge killings. What is needed is not a violent movement to overthrow the Indian Constitution, but a non-violent movement to defend and implement it. Sections of the ruling class are already carrying out a campaign to undermine and subvert Indian democracy. The state is already being criminalised by those engaged in communal violence & ruthless economic exploitation. The activities of the Naxalite military factions will not lead to 'revolution' but to the promotion of tyrannical elements of the establishment. They will achieve nothing but the intensification of state oppression. If they have the interests of the Indian people at heart, they should stop the killing and work to resist fascism and strengthen democracy - DS

In the second Naxal attack in Bihar in less than a week, seven policemen, including the in-charge of Tandwa police station and five Special Auxiliary Police (SAP) personnel, were killed in a landmine blast in Navinagar, in Aurangabad district, on Tuesday.

According to reports, the incident took place at around 4 pm, at Tilharpur village on the Tandwa-Navinagar main road, which falls on the Bihar-Jharkhand border. Tandwa police station in-charge Sub-Inspector Ajay Kumar was returning from Navinagar to Tandwa with five SAP personnel and a driver in a police vehicle when the blast occurred. All the seven policemen, including the driver, were killed on the spot.

"The bodies cannot be identified easily. It is surprising that the landmine blast took place on the main road," said Navinagar police station in-charge Dhruv Kumar Singh. Senior police officers including Aurangabad Superintendent of Police have been rushed to the spot. Sources said Manas, who claimed to be spokesperson of the Bihar Jharkhand Special Area Committee, told local mediapersons that the attack was in response to the "undeclared Operation Greenhunt launched by the Bihar government in which several people were killed in fake encounter".

Sources also said the Naxals may have planned the attack in retaliation against the arrest of Maoist leader Pradip Yadav last month. On Saturday, three Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel were killed in a Naxal attack on a Patna-bound train in Munger.  Meanwhile, the Cabinet on Tuesday cleared a new surrender and rehabilitation policy for former Maoists.

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