Kolkata, Oct 22 (IANS) 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.
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