Maoists blow up policemen in Chattisgarh, 25 injured

  [caption id=“attachment_330184” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“25 persons including 19 prisoners and six policemen were injured in a land-mine blast carried out by the Maoists in Chhattisgarh. Reuters”] [/caption] Raipur : As many as 25 persons including 19 prisoners and six police personnel were injured in a land-mine blast carried out by the Maoists in the Kondagao district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, police said. The victims were returning after a court appearance at Kondagao when the ultras targeted the vehicle in which they were travelling, they said. Kondagao SP Prashant Agrawal told PTI that the vehicle belonged to Jagdalpur central prison and the incident took place on National Highway Number 30 near Joba village. He said that six of the victims were critically injured of whom four were policemen, one prisoner and the driver. All the injured have been shifted to hospital. The maoists wanted to reclaim Kondagao which were earlier the maoist bastion. PTI