Information About Incident 66947-136643-346643 in Garhchiroli India

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Four District Police personnel, including Police outpost in-charge of Halwada in Etapalli tehsil (revenue unit), were injured in a blast triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, reports The Times of India.

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Four District Police personnel, including Police outpost in-charge of Halwada in Etapalli tehsil (revenue unit), were injured in a blast triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, reports The Times of India. The four did not receive shrapnel injuries and escaped with burns. The explosion is learnt to have taken place while the personnel from the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) were trying to diffuse the landmine. The BDDS from Aheri was summoned to Halewada after local police from the outpost were informed about two mines at a distance of around 200 meters from each other. One of the mines was planted within 200 metres of the outpost. It was learnt that another mine was planed outside the village at a spot which police often use as their strategic location. A senior officer stated that BDDS had removed the mine planted outside the village. The incident took place when BDDS tried to defuse the mine planted within the village.

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66947-136643-346643 12/17/2013 India Four persons injured in Maoist-triggered blast in Maharashtra

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