MAOISTS BLAST POLICE VEHICLE AT KANDHAMAL KILLING THREE POLICEMAN ,CM ANNOUNCES 8 LAKH EX-GRATIA 6/01/2012
ODISHA NEWS:
The Maoists on Thursday triggered a landmine blast in Kandhamal district, blowing up a police vehicle killing three policemen on the spot and critically injuring three.
Condemning the incident in the strongest terms, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced Rs 10 lakh as compensation and Rs 8 lakh towards insurance coverage for the family of each deceased, special pension and job for at least one member of the family.
The incident happened on the Kotagad-Srirampur road when a police team consisting of six members along with their sniffer squad was travelling towards the site of another landmine blast that took place on Wednesday, the first day of the bandh. The Tata Sumo in which they were travelling was damaged beyond recognition.
The deceased were identified as Umakant Jani, Sangram Lenka and Sunasira Mahanty. The injured under treatment include Basant Behra and Havildar Pandav.
The three injured constables were airlifted to Cuttack, and the helicopter carrying them arrived at around 5 pm at the Satybrata Stadium, from where they were rushed to the hospital by an ambulance.
A team of doctors from neurosurgery, orthopedic and surgery departments went for several clinical tests of the injured constables keeping under observation at the trauma care centre. Sources in the hospital said that while one constable was in critical condition with lever and stomach injury, the remaining two were out of danger.
Meanwhile, Odisha Constable, Havildar and Sepoy Confederation president Padmanabh Behera raised a question, saying the plight of the policemen could have been avoided had the authorities followed the SOP strictly.
SIDDHARTHA SHANKAR MISHRA,
BUREAU CHIEF, THESE DAYS,
ODISHA
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