Maoists kill 6,abduct 12 in Bihar

Kajra,the site of the last September’s encounter in which eight policemen were killed,is just 20 km from Kareli.

The police reached the village two hours after the incident from the Dharhara police station,8 km from Kareli.

The Naxals,according to the villagers,left the village with the threat of repeating the Kodasi massacre in Jamui,in which 11 tribals were killed last year.

They are believed to have slipped into adjoining Raunkabad hills,a known Naxal hideout and part of the red corridor,with the abducted people. Before leaving,they also fired at the house of the mukhiya,Sulo Devi.

Ashok Koda,husband of Sulo Devi,said: “As my wife has been working for the development of the area,they first came looking for me. They were in police uniform but I doubted their identity and did not come out of my house. Soon,they started firing bullets at my house.”

Marniya Devi,mother of Congress Koda,said: “They first started abusing us for working with the government and later took out my son from house after waking him at gunpoint. He was killed in front of my family.”

Neelmani said CRPF and Bihar Police teams would camp at the village till everything was normal. A BSF helicopter was requisitioned from Jharkhand to assist in locating the abducted persons,he said.

A combing operation was underway by the CRPF,BSF,Bihar Military Police,Special Auxiliary Police and District Armed Police under the supervision of DIG of Police (Munger Range) K K Yadav and Superintendent of Police P Kanan,the DGP said.

He said a compensation of Rs 4 lakh — Rs 3 lakh from the Centre and Rs 1 lakh from the state government — would be provided to each of the bereaved families.