2 'Maoist' carriers killed in Hazaribag blast

HAZARIBAG: Two activists of suspected CPI (Maoists) died in a blast while carrying explosivess on a two-wheeler near Bhusuwa village at Ichak on Saturday.
Officer in charge of Ichak police station Rama Shankar Singh said the explosion was so severe that victim Vijay Yadav's leg was blown off while the body of other victim Sanjay Ram, who was sitting on the pillion, was badly mutilated.
"The two were carrying about 300 pieces of explosives in a bag and sped away in a bid to escape the police dragnet. Suddenly one of their cellphones started ringing and the explosives which they were carrying got ignited and exploded with loud noise. Villagers residing in the area came out of their house thinking that the CPI (Maoists) struck once again. But as they found that two persons were lying in a pool of blood, they informed police about the mutilated bodies," the OC said. Police picked up the bodies and sent them to Hazaribag Sadar hospital for postmortem.
The OC said it appeared that they were carrying the explosives for ulterior motives or for illegal mining of stone queries. The area is infamous for a large number of illegal mining of stones.
Police patrolling has been intensified in the area because of increase in carrying huge explosives in the region.