Maoists abduct three Jharkhand officials

Ranchi: Maoists kidnapped three Jharkhand officials including one Additional District Magistrate and an executive engineer.

The three officials were kidnapped from Manika police station area of Latehar district in the state on Saturday.

In neighbouring West Bengal, Maoists attacked the security forces in the forests near Lalgarh.

A group of armed Maoist cadre exploded landmines and fired at the security forces when they raided a Maoist camp in the West Midnapore district on Satuday in search of the Maoist-backed People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) leader Asit Mahato.