Maoists kill two people, loot arms in Bihar (up date)

MAHAPUR - The Maoists shot dead a private security guard, a truck driver and looted weapons from a government toll collection point at Bihar’s Mahapur village in Gaya District.

According to Bihar Police the gruesome incident took place late on Tuesday night.

Police added that over 150 armed Maoists attacked the toll gate and started firing and hurling bombs killing one of the guards and a truck driver.

The Maoists also looted over sixteen weapons, including rifles, carbines and several rounds of ammunition.

On receipt of information the police rushed to the spot.

There was also an encounter between the police and the Maoists, which lasted for over 20 minutes.

Police claimed that during the encounter some of the Maoists were killed but while fleeing from the spot they took away the dead bodies.

“On the occasion of a strike call given by Maoists they struck a toll plaza and killed a truck driver and a security guard and took away his weapons,” said Ranjan Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Gaya District.

Police said that the Maoists also set the toll plaza on fire before leaving the spot.

On Monday and Tuesday, the Maoists had called for a 48-hour shutdown in Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and three districts of Maharashtra protesting against the Union Government’s operation to deal with Maoists menace. (ANI)