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Kathmandu, Friday January 07, 2000 Paush 23rd, 2056.
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Police
claim of busting Maoist rebel’s operation
-By
a Post Reporter
NEPALGUNJ,
Jan 6 - Days after the killing of nine policemen in a Maoist attack in
Rarali, Jumla, police today said they finally have clues to the Maoist
operation in Kalikot.
A
letter recovered from a corpse buried in Phuidev VDC-3 gave details of
the Maoist operation, according to the Deputy Superintendent of Police
(DSP), Rajendra Bahadur Singh here at the Mid-western Police Office.
Police suspect the corpse is that of a person who had sustained
serious injuries during the attack on the police on Monday.
Police
said the corpse bears gunshot wounds. Phuidev VDC-3 is five or six
hours away from Rarali where the police-Maoist encounter took place on
Monday. Police suspect the corpse was buried by Maoists themselves.
The
gunbattle between the police and the insurgents lasted for over two
hours before the Maoists overhauled the police. Rarali is a day’s
walk away from the district headquarters.
The
rebels first exploded the police post and beat up the policemen before
killing them. They took away 17 rifles and three handguns that police
had at the post.
In
a separate incident, Maoists’ attempt to ambush a police team failed
when the bomb went off moments before the patrolling team arrived near
a school at Sari VDC in Pyuthan, according to Mid-western Police
Office. The insurgents then fled the scene, police said.
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