March 27, 2012
Twelve Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans were killed and 28
injured when suspected Maoists triggered a landmine blast at Pushtola in
Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra , on Tuesday.
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Minister R.R. Patil told the Assembly here that eight of the injured were in a
serious condition and shifted to a private hospital in Nagpur
“Some
companies of CRPF were to be posted at Pomke Gatta on Tuesday. That is why the
CRPF battalion was on its way from Karvafa to Gatta for road opening and area
domination. When they were near Pushtola village between 11.30 a.m. and noon,
the naxalites blasted the landmine,” Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Viresh
Prabhu said. The jawans were travelling in a bus.
Two choppers were immediately pressed into service to shift the injured to
hospital. While eight seriously injured jawans were sent to Nagpur
CRPF head
Vijay Kumar, who is on an official tour of the State, was in Gadchiroli when
the blast took place.
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