Motihari, May 02: Five policemen, including a station house officer (SHO), were injured in a landmine explosion triggered by Maoists near Siwaipati, on the border of Bihar”s Muzaffarpur and East Champaran districts, today.
ADG (Headquarters) Rajbardhan Sharma said the militants, who had planted a landmine, detonated it through a remote device as a police jeep was passing by.
The SHO of Rajepur police station in East Champaran district and four constables got injured in the explosion, he said, adding they were rushed to hospital.
Heavy reinforcements rushed to the spot, he said.
The Maoists have called for boycott of panchayat elections in Bihar.
—-PTI—-