Amarjit balihar biography
Batch IPS officer Amarjit Balihar, who was serving as the SP of Patur district and was known to have a tough stand against the.
Pakur SP Amarjit Balihar's death on July 2 afternoon in Dumka to Maoist bullets has given his college professor an ideological jolt..
As it happened: Pakur SP, five others killed in Jharkhand Naxal attack
Pakur SP, five others killed in Jharkhand Naxal attack
A superintendent of police, known for his tough stand against Left-wing extremism, and five other policemen were killed and three others injured in an ambush by Maoists in Jharkhand’s Dumka district today.
The ultras, who were lying in wait, opened fire and hurled bombs at the convoy of year-old Amarjit Balihar, SP of Pakur who was returning from Dumka, state Home Secretary N N Pandey told PTI.
Balihar, an IPS officer of batch, had been commandant of Jharkhand Armed Police.
He was a target of Maoists due to his tough stand against them ever since his posting at Pakur, sources said.
The driver of Balihar’s vehicle was among those killed, he said, adding five policemen died on the spot and another on way to the hospital.
The Maoists fired over bullets at the policemen, who did not get a chance to retaliate, DIG (Dumka) Priya Dubey said, add