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Bihar: 8 killed in blast triggered by Maoists

Source: PTI
November 21, 2010 15:11 IST
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Eight people, including five children, were killed and 11 others injured when a bomb planted by Maoists went off on Sunday morning in the Naxal-hit Aurangabad district in Bihar, a day after the final phase of assembly polls in the state.

While seven persons, including five children, died on the spot, one victim succumbed to injuries in a hospital in Aurangabad, the police said.

Superintendent of Police Vivek Raj Singh said the bomb was planted by the Maoists at Pachokhar village during the sixth and final phase of assembly elections on Saturday. The Maoists had given a call for boycott of the polls.

Security personnel found it and left it in the field for follow up action to defuse it. However, when the villagers went to the field on Saturday morning, the bomb suddenly exploded, Singh told PTI. Twelve others, who sustained splinter injuries, were admitted to various hospitals in Deo and Aurangabad towns.

One of them died later, said the police. However, the deceased were yet to be identified as angry villagers did not allow the police to approach the field. The district magistrate and the SP could reach Bedhni, three km from the explosion site, and efforts were on to pacify the local people, police said.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has directed Development Commissioner K C Saha and Director General Home Guard U S Dutta to jointly probe the incident. Kumar has also asked Chief Secretary Anoop Mukherjee to ensure adequate compensation to families of the victims.

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