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Naxal hunt intensifies, one held
ONE NAXALITE was arrested from a remote village in Chandauli district as police intensified its combing operation in the three Naxal-affected districts, on Thursday. Identified as Raj Narayan alias Raju, a resident of Besaurah village near Chakia, he was arrested in Jamsoti Chuvar village under Chanderpraba police station close to Naugarh, Superintendent of Police, Chandauli, RK Chaturvedi said. Sources said Raju was accompanying a group of dreaded Naxalites when they struck in the village some time ago.
ONE NAXALITE was arrested from a remote village in Chandauli district as police intensified its combing operation in the three Naxal-affected districts, on Thursday.
Identified as Raj Narayan alias Raju, a resident of Besaurah village near Chakia, he was arrested in Jamsoti Chuvar village under Chanderpraba police station close to Naugarh, Superintendent of Police, Chandauli, RK Chaturvedi said.
Sources said Raju was accompanying a group of dreaded Naxalites when they struck in the village some time ago. However, the SP said that Raju himself was not so dreaded.
“The operation against Naxals would continue,” SP Caturvedi said. A senior officer, Achariya Palnival, is supervising the combing operation in the three districts.
Loot bid foiled
Two bank employees were shot at and injured while a robber was shot dead on the spot, during an exchange of fire, in Sant Ravidas Nagar in Bhadohi district, on Friday. The other three robbers managed to flee.
The robber who was shot was identified as Abhishek, a resident of Varanasi.
A gang of four robbers had made an abortive attempt to loot Rs 20 lakh from the State Bank of India van.
According to information, employees of the SBI main branch left for another branch of the bank in Bhadohi with Rs 20 lakh. As the van reached near the bank at Lippan crossing, a gang of four armed robbers stopped them.
Sensing danger, bank gunman Ram Pal Singh took his position inside the van. In the exchange of fire, the gunman shot one of the miscreants. Peon Ashok and Ram Pal were injured and admitted to the hospital. The robbers escaped without the money. Police and bank officials rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation. DM and superintendent of police have sanctioned an award of Rs 1,000 to the bank gunman who shot a robber during the encounter. The police have launched a massive checking drive in Bhadohi and surrounding districts to nab the fleeing miscreants.
