Ranchi: The body of 53-year-old Amarjit Balihar was brought to Ranchi, his hometown, this morning. Mr Balihar, an IPS officer, was killed in a Maoist ambush yesterday in Dumka district of Jharkhand near the border with West Bengal.
Mr Balihar had been posted as the Superintendent of Police, Pakur, only last month. Last evening, he was returning with eight policemen in two cars to Pakur after a meeting in Dumka when the vehicles were ambushed between Kathikund and Gopikandhar. They had just crossed Jamniganon, about 40 km away from home.
A volley of bullets hit the cars from the surrounding forest in an attack so sudden that Mr Balihar and his men did not even have the chance to fight back. The SP and five others died on the spot. Two policemen were critically injured and are in hospital.
Pakur, or even Dumka, are not considered Maoist strongholds, though sporadic Maoist violence had been reported from both districts for the past five years and the police had said that the intelligence network would be tightened in the two areas.
"We will review and a special drive will be carried out against the Maoists," state Home Secretary N N Pandey told reporters when asked whether an intelligence failure had allowed the attack yesterday.
Mr Balihar had been posted as the Superintendent of Police, Pakur, only last month. Last evening, he was returning with eight policemen in two cars to Pakur after a meeting in Dumka when the vehicles were ambushed between Kathikund and Gopikandhar. They had just crossed Jamniganon, about 40 km away from home.
A volley of bullets hit the cars from the surrounding forest in an attack so sudden that Mr Balihar and his men did not even have the chance to fight back. The SP and five others died on the spot. Two policemen were critically injured and are in hospital.
Pakur, or even Dumka, are not considered Maoist strongholds, though sporadic Maoist violence had been reported from both districts for the past five years and the police had said that the intelligence network would be tightened in the two areas.
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"We will review and a special drive will be carried out against the Maoists," state Home Secretary N N Pandey told reporters when asked whether an intelligence failure had allowed the attack yesterday.
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