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Maoists blow up bridge, attack police station

Over 400 rebels of the banned CPI-Maoist blew up a bridge, laid siege to a block office and a police station and engaged policemen in Bihar's Sitamarhi district.

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Updated : Nov 19, 2013, 11:17 PM IST

SITAMARHI (Bihar): Over 400 rebels of the banned CPI-Maoist on Saturday blew up a bridge, laid siege to a block office and a police station and engaged policemen in a fierce gun-battle at Riga in Bihar's Sitamarhi district.

Superintendent of Police MRR Nair said more than 400 rebels blew up a bridge near Dheng, snapping road links with Riga, and marched towards the block office and police station.

They later exchanged fire with commandos of the Bihar Military Police and Special Auxiliary Police posted at the police station.

They also reportedly looted money from the Riga branch of a nationalised bank, creating panic among the people at the local bazaar and a sugar mill complex, police said.

The Central Bank of India and Bank of Baroda have extension counters in Riga.

Contingents of BMP and SAP were rushed from the Sitamarhi district headquarters to Riga to counter the Naxalites.

The casualties in the gun-battle were not immediately known, police said.

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