In one of their most fierce strikes this year, the cadre of the banned CPI (Maoist) ambushed a police vehicle carrying Pakur district Superintendent of Police (SP) Amarjeet Balihar, 53, on Tuesday afternoon killing six policemen, including the recently-appointed SP. The policemen were travelling to Pakur after attending an official meeting in Dumka, the adjoining district. Jharkhand Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar termed the attack as Maoist tactic “to divert police’s focus from ongoing operations.”...
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