One trooper killed, three injured in Jharkhand landmine blast

June 13th, 2009 RANCHI - Keeping up their attacks on security forces in Jharkhand, in which 24 policemen have been killed since Wednesday, Maoists Saturday ambushed a patrol in the state's Khuti district, injuring three policemen in a landmine blast. "Three policemen have been injured in a landmine blast near Rania block of Khuti district," Ranchi range's Deputy Inspector General of Police Raj Kumar Mallik told IANS.

June 12th, 2009 BOKARO - Carrying out a second major strike in last three days, Maoists killed at least nine policemen and injured 10 others in an attack on a Public Sector Unit bank and a subsequent landmine blast in Jharkhand's Bokaro city on Friday. The Maoists, who are observing a Bandh in six States including Jharkhand, attempted to loot the State Bank of India (SBI) branch at Phusro after money was brought there from the Bermo branch of the bank, said Bokaro's Superintendent of Police, L.

June 11th, 2009 RANCHI - Three security personnel were injured in a landmine blast in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district Wednesday, police said. The blast was triggered by Maoist guerrillas around 8.30 a.m.

June 10th, 2009 RANCHI - At least 11 security personnel were killed and six injured in a landmine blast in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district Wednesday, police said. The blast was triggered by guerrillas of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) around 8.30 a.m.

June 10th, 2009 CHAIBASA - Eleven policemen were killed and three others injured when Maoists triggered off a landmine blast in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum District on Wednesday. According to police officials, the incident took place at around 8:30 a.m.

May 11th, 2009 DHAMTARI - Two policemen were killed and five others injured in a landmine blast in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari District on Monday. According to police, the blast took place when the Naxals blew up a police vehicle carrying the personnel in Risgaon village under Sihawa police station area.

April 30th, 2009 KOLKATA - Two civilians were killed and a paramilitary trooper was injured Thursday when landmines, planted by suspected Maoist guerrillas to disrupt elections, went off in West Bengal's Maoist-affected districts. Two civilians were killed in a landmine explosion targeting poll officials, who were returning from a forest area in the violence-hit West Midnapore district in the evening, Inspector General (Law and Order) Raj Kanojia told IANS.

April 30th, 2009 KOLKATA - One paramilitary trooper was injured in a landmine explosion in West Bengal's Maoist-hit Purulia district while the Lok Sabha polls were underway Thursday, the police said. 'One central paramilitary force jawan was injured in a low-intensity landmine blast in Balarampur area.

April 24th, 2009 MUZAFFARPUR - Five policemen were killed when Maoists triggered a landmine blast on a vehicle carrying a police patrolling party in Bihar's Muzaffarpur District late on Thursday. Five policemen died on the spot while the vehicle driver was reported as seriously injured.

April 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Six Border Security Force (BSF) personnel going for polling duty were killed in a landmine blast triggered by Maoist rebels in Latehar district of Jharkhand early Thursday, police said. 'Six BSF personnel were killed in a landmine blast in a jungle near Aara village.

April 12th, 2009 RAIPUR - In two separate incidents a para-military trooper of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed in a landmine blast while three Maoist guerrillas were gunned down in an encounter with police Sunday in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, officials said. Pawan Deo, deputy inspector general at the police headquarters here said that a CRPF trooper was killed and another District Force (DF) personnel injured in a landmine blast in a forested stretch of Bijapur district between Bhopalpattanam-Mander, some 500 km south of capital Raipur.

March 9th, 2009 RANCHI - Two people were injured in a landmine blast triggered by Maoist rebels in Bokaro district of Jharkhand Sunday, police said. A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team was patrolling when suspected rebels of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) triggered a landmine on a culvert near Kanjgiro village of Bokaro district, around 180 km from here, Sunday afternoon.

February 5th, 2009 RANCHI - Five police personnel were injured in a landmine blast by the Maoist rebels in Jharkhand Friday, a police officer said. When the five cops were returning to the Bundu police station, rebels belonging to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) detonated a landmine near a bridge situated under the Bundu block, around 70 km from here.

January 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Five security personnel were killed and at least two were injured in a landmine blast by Maoist rebels in Jharkhand Saturday, a police officer said. The blast was detonated Saturday afternoon by Maoist rebels between Manika and Patki on the national highway in Latehar district, about 140 km from here.

January 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Six security personnel were killed in a landmine blast by Maoist rebels while seven guerrillas were arrested in a separate incident in Jharkhand Saturday, a police officer said. The landmine was detonated Saturday afternoon by Maoist rebels between Manika and Patki on the national highway in Latehar district, about 140 km from here.