Ranchi : Eleven policemen were killed in separate Maoist attacks in Bokaro district of Jharkhand on Friday, police said.
Maoists attacked a State Bank of India branch near Fusro market of Bokaro town in the afternoon, killing two personnel of the state police. At least ten other police personnel were injured in the indiscriminate firing by the rebels.
A gun battle was on between security forces and the rebels in the Bermo police station area of Bokaro after the attack.
Maoist rebels also detonated a land mine in Nawadih area of Bokaro district, killing at least nine security personnel, state Director General of Police, V D Ram said.
Maoist had called a strike on Friday in six states including Jharkhand to protest the killing of Venkat Reddy, a member of the central committee of banned Communist Party of India-Maoist.
Maoist guerrillas are active in 18 of the 24 districts of Jharkhand. Nearly 1,500 people have been killed in Maoist-related violence in the last eight years.
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