The Munger Superintendent of Police, K.C. Surendrababu, and six other police personnel were killed in a landmine blast at Lakshmipur village in Jammui district while returning from a joint operation against naxalites on Wednesday. The Home Secretary, Girish Shankar, told The Hindu that the naxalites blew up the SP’s jeep when he was returning to Munger after conducting a raid with the police of the Jammui and Lakhisarai districts. The joint operation was to hunt for people who had snatched four SLRs, a revolver and 500 cartridges from the Government Railway Police at the Kajra station in Lakhisarai district on Tuesday. Full Story