Dumka Naxal Attack

Less than 24 hours after a lethal Maoist strike claimed the lives of three polling officials and five policemen in Jharkhand's Dumka district on Thursday evening, questions are being asked whether the state administration had lowered its guard.

Could Amarjit Balihari, Superintendent of Police, Pakur, and his six men have escaped the Maoist ambush yesterday at Kathikunda on the Dumka-Pakur border in Jharkhand?

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.

Six policemen, including a Superintendent of Police, have been killed in an ambush by Maoists in Dumka, Jharkhand.

A police officer was today killed and two policemen were injured in a fierce encounter with Maoists in the hilly jungles of Jama block in Jharkhand's Dumka district."The officer-in-charge of Jama police station Satanand Singh died on the spot when a bullet hit him in the head during the gunfight," Deputy Inspector General of Police B K Pandey told ...

Less than 24 hours after a lethal Maoist strike claimed the lives of three polling officials and five policemen in Jharkhand's Dumka district on Thursday evening, questions are being asked whether the state administration had lowered its guard.

Could Amarjit Balihari, Superintendent of Police, Pakur, and his six men have escaped the Maoist ambush yesterday at Kathikunda on the Dumka-Pakur border in Jharkhand?

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.

Six policemen, including a Superintendent of Police, have been killed in an ambush by Maoists in Dumka, Jharkhand.

A police officer was today killed and two policemen were injured in a fierce encounter with Maoists in the hilly jungles of Jama block in Jharkhand's Dumka district."The officer-in-charge of Jama police station Satanand Singh died on the spot when a bullet hit him in the head during the gunfight," Deputy Inspector General of Police B K Pandey told ...