Gadchiroli: Seven police commandos were killed yesterday when Maoists set off a landmine in the thick forests of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra, officials said.
The incident occurred around 9.30am near Murmuri village, around 35km from this town. At least two more commandos were injured in the deadly attack. The Maoists set off the blast when a police commando team was moving in a vehicle for security operations in the forested region.
The injured were airlifted to Nagpur while additional security forces rushed to the site of the attack. Vinod Tawde, leader of opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, hit out at the intelligence agencies for failing to anticipate the attack in the wake of the arrest of a Maoist think-tank intellectual from New Delhi two days ago. IANS
