Eight policemen feared killed in naxalite attack in Bihar

Eight policemen are feared to have been killed in an attack by naxals in Bihar's Nawada district on Monday, Additional Director General of Police (headquarters) Neelmani said.

Naxals belonging to the proscribed CPI (Maoist) targeted the policemen when they went to Mahulitand village in Kauwakol police station limits in naxal-hit Nawada district bordering Jharkhand, along with special auxiliary police personnel to provide security for Ravidas Jayanti.

Neelmani quoting preliminary information received from the spot told PTI here that officer in-charge of Kauwakol police station Rameshwar Ram was critically injured in the attack but there was no immediate report of any casualty among the public.

The reports said the police fired in retaliation but whether there were casualties among the naxals was yet to be known, he said. Unconfirmed reports said some firearms were also looted from the policemen, he said.

DIG (Magadh Range) Pravin Vashisht, IG (Central Range) Sunil Kumar, Additional Director General (Law and Order) V Narayanan and Nawada Police Superintendent Nishant Tiwari have rushed to the scene with reinforcements, including those from the special task force.link