6 cops among 7 killed in Jharkhand landmine blast

Six police personnel and a civilian were killed and one policeman went missing when Maoists blew up their vehicle in Jharkhand`s Gumla District today.

Ranchi: Six police personnel and a civilian
were killed and one policeman went missing when Maoists blew
up their vehicle in Jharkhand`s Gumla District today.

The Maoists ambushed a truck, in which the policemen
were on patrol, by triggering a blast near Gurdari mines when
the vehicle was returning to Bishunpur police station.

Inspector General of Police V D Desmukh told PTI.
Assistant Sub-inspector Shaym Kumar Sinha and the truck
driver were among those killed, he said.

The others included havildars and constables, he said.
One policeman was missing, he said.

PTI

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