Six security personnel were killed when suspected ultra-leftists blew up a landmine in Sheohar district in Bihar.
The blast occurred near Jhitkaiya village. Six personnel who were travelling in a police jeep were killed. Naxalites have given a call for boycott of polls in Sheohar where polling is scheduled on October 24.
TIH Bureau
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