Youth dies in Maoist IED blast in Odisha’s Kandhamal
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By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: A 20-year-old youth was killed in an IED blast by Naxals at Kiamunda village in Kandhamal district on Wednesday morning.
This is the second incident of Naxal violence within the State inside every week in an try and threaten the locals to boycott the upcoming panchayat polls.
“A youth identified as Pranayaranjan Kanhar died after stepping on an improvised explosive device. The unfortunate incident occurred after 8 am,” mentioned Kandhamal SP Vinit Agrawal.
Posters and not less than two banners threatening locals to boycott elections had surfaced close to Kiamunda village on Tuesday. The pink ultras had additionally set ablaze two development automobiles close to the village on late Monday evening.
The bomb detection and disposal squad had subtle two IEDs close to Kiamunda village on Tuesday and the combing operation was halted within the night.
“Maoists out of frustration have now started targeting civilians too. To ensure the smooth passage of the panchayat polls, area domination exercises by local police, District Voluntary Force, Special Operations Group and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel are continuing in all Naxal affected areas of the State including Swabhiman Anchal,” mentioned a senior police officer.
On February 5, a journalist working with a vernacular each day was killed in an IED blast triggered by left-wing extremists in Kalahandi district’s Madanpur Rampur block.
