Bihar Police No Match to Naxal Power; One Killed, Another Injured
Jamui: June 29, 2007
In a fierce gun battle between Maoist extremists and Bihar police in Jamui district on Friday morning, a police jawan was seriously injured while a tractor driver who was taking the injured jawan to a hospital was gunned down, officials in Patna said.
Numbering more than 300, the ultras opened fire at a police security team injuring one Ramvivek Kumar. When he was being transported to Laxmipur in a tractor, the Maoists opened fire on the vehicle killing its driver Kartik Koda killing him on the spot.
As before, the police were no match to the sheer number and fire power of the Naxalites who, lobbing bombs, managed to escape without any casualty on their side.
Raids were being conducted in the area to nab the terrorists, Jamui District Magistrate Ramshobhit Paswan said.
The Nitish government, despite some initial tough talks and a feeble attempt to rehabilitate them by offering economic incentives, has failed to check the Naxal extremism in the state where number of attacks have gone up substantially since the change of power in Bihar.
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