By IANS,
Kolkata : Three people, including a doctor and a nurse, were killed in a landmine explosion Wednesday in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, police said.
The blast took place near a forested area of Belpahari village, about 250 km from here.
“Three people – doctor Dhaniram Mandi, nurse Bharati Majhi and medical van driver Bapi Mishra – were killed when their vehicle was blown up in a landmine blast around 3 p.m. Wednesday near Belpahari village,” Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Raj Kanojia told reporters here.
“The only survivor of the blast, a nurse, is in critical condition,” he added.
“It seems that the blast was planned and executed by the Maoists. But we have to complete our investigation before arriving at a definite conclusion. No one has been arrested so far,” he said.
According to a police source, the medical van, with a doctor and two nurses, was going to Belpahari Health Centre from the adjoining Kishori village.
“Mandi and Majhi were residents of Belpahari, while Mishra was a resident of Puruliya town,” the police source said.