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Woman killed in Maoist-CRPF crossfire in West Bengal
Calcutta News.Net
Saturday 27th October, 2007 (IANS)
A 27-year-old woman was killed and another critically injured in crossfire between Maoists and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, the police said Saturday.
The shooting occurred after a landmine blast by the rebels Friday afternoon near Tangbheda forest in Banspahari in the Maoist-affected West Midnapore district.
Though a CRPF jeep narrowly escaped the blast, a tourist bus plying on the Shilda-Chandrakona route was first damaged and then caught in the crossfire between the rebels and the paramilitary troopers.
Pramila Hansda (27), a resident of Bandwan in Purulia district, was killed. Another passenger, Susen Murmu, was critically injured in the landmine blast.
'We received reports that a woman was killed in the firing and another received serious splinter injury in the blast,' inspector general of police Raj Kanojia told IANS Saturday.
According to media reports quoting West Midnapore police superintendent R. Rajshekharan, Maoist guerrillas fired about 40 rounds targeting the CRPF jeep. Two CRPF troopers were injured in the incident and rushed to a hospital.
Police said only one of the five landmines planted by the rebels at the spot exploded.
West Midnapore additional superintendent of police Bharatlal Meena has visited the site to take stock of the situation.
Two other districts of West Bengal, Bankura and Purulia, are also affected by Maoist violence.
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