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Inspector among 11 APF personnel dead
- Dozen Maoists killed in clashes
DAILEKH, DEC 15 - Eleven Armed Police Force personnel, including an inspector, and a dozen Maoists were killed in two separate incidents in Mahottari and Dailekh today.
In Mahottari 11 APF personnel died in the spot and four others were seriously injured when a mini truck they were travelling came over a Maoist laid ambush in Ourahi village in the Bardibas-Jaleshwor section of the Mahendra Highway today.
APF Inspector Nara Bahadur Tamang, Sub-Inspector Dil Bahadur Rayamajhi, Senior Head Constables Devendra Prasad Oli, Sher Bahadur Singh and Shiva Pujan Choudhari and Head Constables Krishna Mahato and Hansh Raj Choudhari were killed in the ambush.
Driver of the truck Khil Bahadur Magar, constables Badri Poudel, Khila Nath Phunyal and Dorje Waiba were also killed instantly in the incident.
According to Chhokpa Sherpa, Superintendent of the Chhinna Masta Barrack of the APF, Sub-Inspector Shaligram Dawadi, Head Constable Om Bahadur Pun and constable Roshan Gurung were seriously injured in the incident and have been airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment.
According to eyewitnesses who were travelling on a bus behind the ill-fated truck, the vehicle was thrown three metres high and dropped on the road when it met with the ambush. The explosion caused a 10-metre-deep hole on the zigzag road.
The security force contingent that arrived at the site for rescue operation collected nine rifles, two pistols and a communication set from the spot. They said no weapon was taken away by the Maoists.
Security forces have cordoned off the entire sugarcane field in the adjacent area and carried out search operation. But no Maoist has been found till the time of filing of this news.
In Dailekh at least a dozen Maoist rebels were feared killed in two separate security actions today. Six Maoist rebels were killed in a clash with security personnel in Ratapani area this morning.
On December 10, rebels had destroyed the water supply system to Dailekh, the district headquarters. They were staying at the house of Shankar Prasad Upadhyay, a local waiting for the members of the drinking water consumers committee supposed to be there for a discussion on the disrupted water supply system.
Security personnel approached the site where the rebels were staying. Hence the clash followed resulting in the death of the rebels.
Six more rebels are presumed killed and many injured in operations mounted by security personnel in Bhawani, Raniban, Kharigaura and Baluwatar area of the district today.
Security force had received a tip-off that rebels were enjoying a feast at the completion of the training of the ‘C’ Company under the Satbariya Battalion in the area. A security team that reached the site on foot engaged the rebels in a clash.
Shortly, a Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) chopper flew to the site and bombarded it for an hour. At least six rebels and many others are presumed injured in the incident, as alleged by a highly placed RNA source.
Meanwhile, a report from Nepalgunj stated that at least two rebels were killed by security forces in their action in the Pachhawang Village of Rolpa District Sunday morning. According to villagers, seven others killed in the incident were hostages taken by Maoists.Posted on: 2003-12-16 04:49
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