Maoists release eleven abducted villagers in Bihar

Patna, July 3 (PTI) All the 11 people kidnapped by
Maoists from Kareili village in eastern Indian state Bihar's
Munger district were released in a jungle, police said Sunday.
"The abducted people were released in Basraha-Chormara
jungle near the village when they were closely tracked by the
securitymen, led by Superintendent of Police, Munger, P Kannan
yesterday (Saturday)," Director General of Police, Neelmani
said, adding they returned home safe Saturday evening.
Meanwhile, combing operations assisted by Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and special task force in Bihar
continued in the area under the surveillance of IG, Bhagalpur
zone, DIG Munger range and IG operations to track down the
rebels, he said.
Maoists dressed as CRPF men shot dead six people
including two special police officers and abducted 11
villagers after an encounter with police in the village
Saturday.
"A number of people from the state belonging to the
Ladakh region have achieved this feat but Rafiq, a havaldar in
the 15 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry regiment, is the first
Kashmiri to do so," Colonel Ajay Kothiyal, who lead the
expedition team, said.
The first major peak that he conquered was Mount Nun in
Ladakh region in 2007. Rafiq then took part in operations at
Mount Chaukhamabha, where they had to rescue some trapped army
mountaineers.
His big moment came when he was selected for Indian
Army's Manaslu expedition in Nepal in 2010.
"I was excited as I knew that no Kashmiri had ever
climbed heights above 8,000 metres (only 14 such peaks are
there across the globe) and I wanted to do so," Malik said.
After the expedition was flagged off on March 8, it was
split into two groups by expedition leader Colonel Kothiyal
and Malik was one of the first few to have reached the peak.
Manaslu means 'Mountain of the Spirit' and the name
comes from the Sanskrit word Manasa, meaning 'intellect' or
'soul'.