CRPF jawans among five injured in Jharkhand poll violence

Targeting a CRPF patrol, Maoists triggered two landmine blasts at Lalpania near Jhumra hills

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Press Trust of India Bokaro (Jharkhand)
Last Updated : Apr 17 2014 | 1:31 PM IST
Four CRPF personnel were among five persons injured today in Maoist violence in Jharkhand's Bokaro district where polling is underway.

Targeting a CRPF patrol, Maoists triggered two landmine blasts at Lalpania near Jhumra hills, injuring three personnel and a civilian driver, CRPF (26th Battalion) Commandant Sanjay Kumar said.

The men were Pratap Singh, Surendra Kumar and P C Mandal while the driver was identified as Ranjit Kumar, Kumar said.

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Maoists also fired on a CRPF patrol near Tulbul village in the area injuring a personnel in a brief encounter, the CRPF official said.

Maoists also blew up railway lines in Bokaro district disrupting train services.

A pressure cooker bomb was recovered near a polling booth in Maoist-hit Saranda forest, an hour before polling began in the Singhbhum (reserved) constituency, police siad.

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First Published: Apr 17 2014 | 1:02 PM IST

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