Tags: Bihar , BSF , Maoists

Sasaram (Bihar): In a pre-dawn attack aimed at disrupting tomorrow's polls, CPI (Maoists) guerrillas attacked with rockets a BSF camp set up for elections in Rohtas district, leaving at least one jawan injured.

Nearly 100 Maoists attacked the camp around 1.40 am at Dhansa valley set up for the purpose of tomorrow's first phase of polls in the district, Superintendent of Police Vikas Vaibhav told reporters.

He said BSF jawans at the camp engaged the Maoists in an encounter that lasted for three-and-a-half hours.

He said police suspected several casualties among the Maiosts.

Reinforcements have been rushed and a combing operation launched to apprehend the Maoists, he said.

In Patna, Additional Director General of Police (headquarters) Neelmani said the jawan, who received bullet wound in his leg had been hospitalised.

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