Thaindian News

Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) A police constable, suspected to have been abducted by Maoist guerrillas during violent attacks on two camps of the security forces in Bankura district Monday night, returned to a police station Wednesday. Eight policemen had been injured in the attacks, three seriously.
Ajay Pande, a constable with the seventh battalion of the state armed police, reported to the Barikul police station unharmed Wednesday morning. “We don’t know yet any details about where he was for the last two days. We will speak to him soon,” Bankura Superintendent of Police Bishal Garg told IANS.

Garg said police were conducting combing operations in the nearby jungles to hunt down the Maoist ultras in the area.

A large number of ultras attacked two camps of the joint security forces at Chandapathar and Satnala in the district, about 165 km from here, around 11 p.m. Monday, leading to a heavy exchange of fire between the policemen and the Maoists for over one-and-a-half hours.

The police had said the left wing ultras abducted two policemen - Sanjay Ghosh and Pande. Ghosh’s body was found in a jungle near the Satnala camp Tuesday.

The eight injured personnel belonged to the state armed police, Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Kuldip Singh told IANS.

“Three of the policemen are seriously injured,” he said.

Several self-loading rifles and AK-47 rifles were stolen from the camps by the extremists.