Date:30/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/30/stories/2008093050410100.htm

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4 CRPF personnel killed in Bastar landmine blast

RAIPUR: Four personnel of the CRPF, including a Deputy Commandant, were killed and three others injured in a landmine blast suspected to have been triggered by Maoists in the interior of Bastar district on Monday.

Senior police officers said the ultras blew up a CRPF road opening party vehicle as it reached Mardoom, killing Deputy Commandant Diwakar Mahapatra, his driver L. Kore Singh and jawans N.K. Jha and S.D. Burman. “The road opening party was on its way to Chitrakoot, where President Pratibha Patil was to pay a visit,” a CRPF spokesman in Delhi said.— PTI