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DALTONGANJ: For Left-Wing Extremism-hit districts of Latehar and Chatra, posters pasted on walls by Maoists are common. However, this time, it is the district police who are pasting posters aimed at Maoists to remind them that the use of landmines, which has led to the death of several innocent villagers in the recent times, is an act of cowardice.
Latehar SP Prashant Anand said, “Maoists have been warned to abstain from using landmines as they have taken several lives. Poor villagers venture into the jungles to collect dry wood, fruits and leaves, but fall victim to the mines kept as booby traps by extremists to target security forces.”