There had been a huge fire today at about 12:00 noon in a cloth store at Rathi and Company due to Short-Circuit. The proprietor of store Chandresh Rathi has stated that there had been a loss of about 5 crores in this incident. Some of the employees of this company have badly injured while controlling the fire.

According to sources, today at about 12:00 noon due to short circuit there occurred a huge firing in a Godown cum cloth Shop of Rathi and Company, the fire was so huge and deadly that after reaching of the fire brigade also, it has became very difficult for the fire-brigade employees to control the fire. The nearby shops have been closed and vacated as a precautionary measure.

Over 400 residents of Abujhmad from 12 Panchayat areas this noon, covered the collectorate Narayanpur with demands to provide them “rice” from ration shops and handed over a memorandum of their demand to the deputy collector present in absence of collector.

According to memo random the Abujhmadias have demanded to confirm adequate ration supply and distribution there as the police has stopped ration distribution stating that the naxals are being benefited of ration.

It is to state that for the first time the Abujhmadias have covered the coelenterate for any of their demand.

Jagdalpur: Today the Maoist victimized Eleven persons including 2 CRPF personnel. 5 special police officers and 4 villagers in a powerful and mine blast in between Bhejji and Injerum under Konta area of Dantewada district. The naxals snatched away 5 rifles and 200 live catridges from ill-fated cops and the tractor carrying the cops have also been damaged badly. Three SPOs have also been injured seriously in this blast who have been rushed to Konta hospital for treatment.

According to police sources the cops were returning back for Injerum base camp from Bhejji after safe escort of ration meant for Bhejji. On their way back, the cops asked a tractor driver for lift. At about 12:30 afternoon the naxals made a powerful landmine blast over the said tractor. The blast claimed the lives of two cops of CRPF 111th Battalion namely sub-inspector Om Prakash and constable Atmaram, 5 SPOs namely Panda Joga, Kawasi Kanna, Soyam Lachha, Madkam Hirma and Madkam Ramesh; and 4 villagers namely Sodhi Ganga, Nagesh Rao, Buchha Soma and tractor driver Buchha Hira to a total of 11 persons. Three SPOs Sarlam Joga, Puran Ganga Jode Kishore have also been injured in this blast, who have been escorted to Konta hospital, where their conditions have been stated serious.

The naxals snatched away 5 rifles and 2 catridges belonging to cops. This is not the first instance when the naxals targetted the grouped cops riding over any four wheeler. It is again to recall for safety point of view the cops deployed in naxal areas have been instructed to avoid four wheelers, but the thirsty and hungry cops tired with the foot march for hours together usually try to find out any vehicle passing through their way and ride over it to get brief relief and relaxations, but in most of such instances the ill fated cops have been victimized by naxals also in the past.