Information About Incident 67639-138382-351271 in Giridih India

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A new Police Station has been set up at Pirtand in Giridih District where one Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed and 15 others were injured in Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-triggered landmine blasts on January 27, reports The Times of India on January 29.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Pirtand Giridih, Pirtand Giridih
• Matched District: Giridih
• Actgroup: injure, attack
• Actor: Maoist ( CPI-M aoist, Maoist ( CPI-M aoist ) - triggered landmine blasts
• Subject: landmine blasts, The Times of India

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A new Police Station has been set up at Pirtand in Giridih District where one Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed and 15 others were injured in Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-triggered landmine blasts on January 27, reports The Times of India on January 29. Four government officials were abducted by the Maoists in Giridih on January 25 following which the CRPF troopers had embarked on a rescue mission unaware of the fact that the Maoists had laid a trap for them. Pirtand is a Maoist den and was badly in need of a full-fledged Police Station. Earlier, there was one Police picket in the area.

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