sarmistha roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:07:55 +0530
From: "sarmistha roy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: naxal
NAXALS
23 policemen killed in encounter with naxals in Bihar
Patna, Dec 20 (PTI) A total 23 policemen were killed in
2007 in encounters with naxals, who lost 12, official sources
said today.
Eight policemen were killed in Rohtas district, which
accounted for the maximum number, followed by four in
Lakhisarai, three in East Champaran, two in Bhagalpur.
Gaya, Buxar, Jammui, Sheohar, Sitamarhi and Saharsa
districts reported killing of one police personnel each in
encounters during the year, figures made available by the
police heaquarters said.
The police in its turn killed seven naxals in Gaya,
three in West Champaran and two in Rohtas district, the
sources said.
The sources said in about 171 incidents of naxal-related
violence in 29 out of 38 districts of the state during the
year, 39 common men lost their lives. In Gaya district alone
12 innocent people were killed in such violence, followed by 6
in Munger, 5 in East Champaran, 4 in Rohtas, 3 each in Jammui
and Saran, 2 in Arwal and 1 each in Vaishali, Lakhisarai,
Aurangabad and Purnea.
The naxals killed three policemen including a deputy
superintendent of police of CRPF, V K Kapil in an encounter
which lasted for over several hours on the borders of Motihari
and Sheohar districts adjacent to Indo-Nepal borders late last
night.
The sources said the naxals also looted 37 weapons in
their attacks on police stations and outposts during the year.
In counter action, police arrested 553 naxalites,
including front ranking leaders Tusharkant Bhattacharya from
Dujra locality of Patna, Ajay Kanu, Yogesh Yadav and Babulal
Shahni.
The police also recovered 160 firearms from the
possession of arrested naxals. The arms included self loading
rifles and stenguns besides, 2916 detonators, 35 can bombs,
4800 live cartridges, 2476 kg of explosive materials during
the year, the sources added.
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