11 jawans killed in Naxal strikes

Elsewhere in the state, the Maoists, hurling explosives and firing shots, attacked a police post killing two security personnel and injuring eight, and blew up a communication tower in Jashpur district.

The Maoists, numbering about 150, took away a huge quantity of arms and ammunition, Chhattisgarh DGP Om Prakash Rathore said in Raipur.

He said the Maoists blasted a communication tower in the area before fleeing, cutting off communication links with Jashpur. The DGP said the attack took place close to the Jharkhand border and most likely the Maoists from that state were involved.

In Jharkhand, nearly 15 Maoists stormed Karampeda railway station and blew up a portion of it. However, there were no casualties. They planted explosives in a room of the station and blasted it, police said in Ranchi. The Maoists also stopped an iron ore-laden train at the station but did not cause any damage to it. After triggering the land mine blast, they also fired on the Naga jawans and a gunbattle was continuing, police sources said. The injured jawans were evacuated by helicopters, the sources aid.