Patna, Jan 06: Munger Police Superintendent K C Surendra Babu’s body will be brought here today. He along with six other policemen were killed when the banned CPI (Maoist) Naxalites blew up their vehicle by detonating a powerful landmine in
Munger district on Wednesday.
District Magistrate R S B Singh told that the Naxalites detonated the landmine planted by them through a remote control when the gypsy carrying the District Police Chief Surendra Babu reached near Gangta (Bhimbandh).
The police vehicle jumped 50 feet high and was blown into pieces. Surendra Babu, a 1997-batch IPS, his bodyguard, driver and four other district armed police personnel were killed on the spot.
Surendra Babu along with his Jamui counterpart O N Bhaskar had gone to Gangta to supervise joint operation by the Munger and Jamui police in connection with yesterday's loot of four rifles and one carbine by the Naxalites from the Kajra Railway Station. The blast took place while he was returning to the district headquarters here, Singh said.
The firearms of the slain policemen were also looted by the Naxalites.
Director General of Police Narayan Mishra held a high-level meeting in Patna and instructed the police to launch an intensive combing operation.
Chief Minister Rabri Devi strongly condemned the killing and directed the police to bring the culprits to book.
The state government would provide adequate compensation to the bereaved families of each of the deceased as per law, she said.
Bureau Report
