One police jawan was killed and five were seriously injured when the Maoists opened fire on a police team in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra on Friday.
The incident took place when a team of Jimalgatta police station, was rescuing the polling party of Dambrancha polling booth at around 1 pm, said Gadchiroli police.
“Police team retaliated the fire and reinforcement was sent immediately, but the Maoists managed to escape taking advantage of thick forest. Police constable Giridhar Atram was killed in the firing and five Jawans were injured. The injured were airlifted and sent to Nagpur for further treatment” informed Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police (SP) Suvez Haque in a press statement.
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Despite the incident, the police managed to drop the polling party to Aheri headquarter safely, claimed the SP.
As per the election commission guidelines, Rs. 20 lakh have been sanctioned for the family of the deceased Jawan and five lakhs would be given to each injured Jawan by the district administration.
In another incident, two CRPF Jawans were injured in an explosion on Awapalli road in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.
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The injured Constables Mansur Ahmad and Brijesh Kumar Singh of the 179 Battalion of the CRPF have been airlifted to Raipur.