04-13-2009, 09:55 AM
<b>Maoists target Asia's biggest bauxite mine</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Seven Central Industrial Security Force soldiers and four Maoists have been killed in gunbattle that began late Sunday night when heavily-armed ultras attacked a well-guarded bauxite mine of public sector giant NALCO in Orissa's Koraput district.
A fierce exchange of fire between security forces and Maoists followed the attack by a large number of ultras on Hiltop bauxite mines in Damanjodi area, Deputy Inspector General of Police (south-west range) Sanjeev Panda said.
The heavily-armed Maoists, numbering about 200, including some women, looted the CISF armoury in the mine area which contained huge quantities of sophisticated arms and ammunition as well as explosives, police sources said.
The well-planned attack, apparently aimed at affecting the upcoming polls and looting weapons, took place shortly after 9.30 pm on Sunday when about 22 CISF personnel were inside a canteen at Asia's biggest bauxite mine.
A group of Maoists also attacked a CISF outpost, some 23 km from the NALCO unit, sources in Delhi [Images] said.
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Moron Singh is sleeping as usual. Again "Inaction is itself an action"
A fierce exchange of fire between security forces and Maoists followed the attack by a large number of ultras on Hiltop bauxite mines in Damanjodi area, Deputy Inspector General of Police (south-west range) Sanjeev Panda said.
The heavily-armed Maoists, numbering about 200, including some women, looted the CISF armoury in the mine area which contained huge quantities of sophisticated arms and ammunition as well as explosives, police sources said.
The well-planned attack, apparently aimed at affecting the upcoming polls and looting weapons, took place shortly after 9.30 pm on Sunday when about 22 CISF personnel were inside a canteen at Asia's biggest bauxite mine.
A group of Maoists also attacked a CISF outpost, some 23 km from the NALCO unit, sources in Delhi [Images] said.
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Moron Singh is sleeping as usual. Again "Inaction is itself an action"