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By Our Staff Correspondent
TUMKUR, FEB. 11. Six Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) personnel and a civilian were killed and five injured when a group of 200 naxalites, which included about 50 women, attacked a KSRP camp in a school at Venkatammanahalli in Pavagada taluk of Tumkur district late on Thursday night. The village borders Andhra Pradesh, and the 9th battalion of the KSRP had been stationed there for a year in the wake of reports that naxalites were active in the area. The attack comes within days of the police shooting dead a top naxalite leader, Saketh Rajan, and his associate in Chikmagalur district. Police said that the naxalites arrived at the camp a little before midnight in five vehicles — three mini-lorries, a van and a jeep. They shot dead the sentry at the gate and fired at another sentry on the roof of the building, who was not hit. The gang threw bombs on the roof of the two classrooms where the KSRP personnel were sleeping, killing one policeman. Four others were shot dead when they came out of the rooms. It is said that the women in the gang shone powerful torches on the policemen while their comrades targeted them from behind the compound wall of the building with guns and grenades. Six unexploded bombs and some grenades were found inside the compound. One unexploded bomb had been placed next to a ground-level water tank. A landmine was spotted by a police rescue team at Kyatacherlu, an adjacent village, under a bridge on the main road leading to the spot, where a tractor had been parked to block rescue teams. Police said those killed in the attack were Kalavada, 45, Inspector; Chickanarasaiah, 55; Rajiv, 50; Jayaram, 50; Siddaramaiah, 45; and Venkatesh, 30. The civilian casualty was Hanumantha, 22, cleaner of a private bus, which was parked in the school compound. Police said the 30 policemen in the camp were outnumbered and could not retaliate immediately. However, they managed to fire back, and the police said some of the attackers may have been injured. The exchange of fire continued till around 2.30 a.m. after which the naxalites left the area. The village has over 400 houses. None of the residents dared to come out of their houses. Subash Bharani, Director-General of Police (Law and Order); A.R. Infant, Additional Director-General of Police (KSRP); Shankar Mahadev Bidari, Inspector-General of Police (Central Range); and P. Muniswamy, Superintendent of Police (Tumkur), are camping in the village.
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