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Maoist blast kills seven CRPF troopers

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crpf-logoDantewada (Chhattisgarh): Seven CRPF troopers were killed on Wednesday when Maoists used concealed explosives to destroy their truck in a remote part of Chhattisgarh, police said.

The improvised explosive device (IED) used in the attack was so powerful that it sent the vehicle in which the troopers were travelling flying several feet high in the air and created a huge crater.

The Central Reserve Police Force personnel died instantly, their bodies blown apart in the deafening blast on a newly-repaired road at Malewara in Dantewada district, about 400 km south of capital Raipur.

It was the biggest attack by Maoists in Chhattisgarh in recent months.

The dead security personnel were in civilian clothes and were returning to their base after a holiday, police officials said.

“It was a massive blast. The vehicle flew several feet up in the air and then landed on the ground in four pieces,” Director General of Police D.M. Awasthi told the media.

The CRPF personnel belonged to the 230th battalion.

Police officials who rushed to the spot within 45-50 minutes said the deceased were unarmed.

Local tribals who first got access to the blast site and tipped off police about the incident said the bodies of the CRPF men were beyond recognition as their body organs were found strewn several metres from the attack site.

Chief Minister Raman Singh denounced the killings and called it “a clear sign of frustration among Maoists who are feeling the heat of increased police presence in their strongholds.

“I salute the supreme sacrifice of the seven CRPF men. The attack has strengthened my resolve to weed out Maoism from the state,” he said in Raipur.

Initial probe indicated that five to nine Maoists executed the blast for which excess of 40 kg of explosives could have been used to rattle the mini truck.

Dozens of heavily armed paramilitary troopers launched an operation to track down the insurgents who reportedly slipped into nearby forests after the bloodbath.

Officials at the Chhattisgarh Police headquarters here dubbed the attack “a classic case of failed intelligence network” in the Maoist heartland of Bastar which includes Dantewada district.

Home Minister Ajay Chandrakar presided over an emergency meeting of top police and home department officials in Raipur to assess the situation in the wake of deadly attack.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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