Maoists storm toll plaza, kill 2, loot arms in Bihar
Mahapur (Bihar): The Maoists shot dead a private security guard, a truck driver and looted weapons from a government toll collection point at Bihar 's Mahapur village in Gaya District. According to Bihar Police the gruesome
incident took place late on Tuesday night. Police added that over 150 armed Maoists
attacked the toll gate and started firing and hurling bombs killing one of the
guards and a truck driver. The Maoists also looted over sixteen weapons, including
rifles, carbines and several rounds of ammunition. On receipt of information the
police rushed to the spot. There was also an encounter between the police and
the Maoists, which lasted for over 20 minutes. Police claimed that during the
encounter some of the Maoists were killed but while fleeing from the spot they
took away the dead bodies. "On the occasion of a strike call given by Maoists
they struck a toll plaza and killed a truck driver and a security guard and took
away his weapons," said Ranjan Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Gaya District.
Police said that the Maoists also set the toll plaza on fire before leaving the
spot. On Monday and Tuesday, the Maoists had called for a 48-hour shutdown in
Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and three
districts of Maharashtra protesting against the Union Government's operation to
deal with Maoists menace.
