<p>Ten people including three police commandos were killed today in two separate attacks by Maoists in Maharashtra and Bihar.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The three commandos, who were jawans of C-60 Commando Force, lost their lives in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists in a forest area in Gadchiroli on Maharashtra border adjoining Chhattisgarh in the first major attack in the area in several months, local police control room sources said.<br /><br />Acting on a tip-off about Maoists hiding in the area, the jawans of the anti-Naxal commando force launched combing operations in the Bada Zariya forest area under Gyarapatti police station limits in Dhanora taluka late last night when the Naxals triggered a landmine blast.<br /><br />There was also an exchange of fire after the blast, local sources said.<br />Senior police officials have rushed to the spot and the bodies are being brought to Gadchiroli, police said.<br /><br />This is a major attack by Maoists in the last few months after police eliminated more than 23 ultras in different operations this year.<br /><br />In a daring attack in Bihar, Maoists blew up a vehicle killing all its seven occupants in the Naxal-infested Aurangabad district...<br /><br />Maoists detonated a cane bomb to blow up a vehicle in Pathara village killing all the seven occupants including a Zila Parishad member Usha Devi's husband Sushil Pandey on the spot, Director General of Police (DGP) Abhayanand told PTI.<br /><br />The ultras targeted the ill-fated vehicle while it was headed to Pandey's native Pisai village, the DGP said.<br /><br />Superintendent of Police (SP) Daljeet Singh and other local civil and police officials have rushed to the spot with additional forces to launch combing-cum-search operation against the Maoists, Abhayanand said.<br /><br />Efforts were underway to ascertain the identity of the other victims, he said.</p>
<p>Ten people including three police commandos were killed today in two separate attacks by Maoists in Maharashtra and Bihar.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The three commandos, who were jawans of C-60 Commando Force, lost their lives in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists in a forest area in Gadchiroli on Maharashtra border adjoining Chhattisgarh in the first major attack in the area in several months, local police control room sources said.<br /><br />Acting on a tip-off about Maoists hiding in the area, the jawans of the anti-Naxal commando force launched combing operations in the Bada Zariya forest area under Gyarapatti police station limits in Dhanora taluka late last night when the Naxals triggered a landmine blast.<br /><br />There was also an exchange of fire after the blast, local sources said.<br />Senior police officials have rushed to the spot and the bodies are being brought to Gadchiroli, police said.<br /><br />This is a major attack by Maoists in the last few months after police eliminated more than 23 ultras in different operations this year.<br /><br />In a daring attack in Bihar, Maoists blew up a vehicle killing all its seven occupants in the Naxal-infested Aurangabad district...<br /><br />Maoists detonated a cane bomb to blow up a vehicle in Pathara village killing all the seven occupants including a Zila Parishad member Usha Devi's husband Sushil Pandey on the spot, Director General of Police (DGP) Abhayanand told PTI.<br /><br />The ultras targeted the ill-fated vehicle while it was headed to Pandey's native Pisai village, the DGP said.<br /><br />Superintendent of Police (SP) Daljeet Singh and other local civil and police officials have rushed to the spot with additional forces to launch combing-cum-search operation against the Maoists, Abhayanand said.<br /><br />Efforts were underway to ascertain the identity of the other victims, he said.</p>