Bhubaneswar, July 17 - Police intensified combing operations to nab Maoists who shot dead a policeman and killed a paramilitary trooper in a landmine blast Friday in two separate incidents in Orissa's Sundergarh district, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said.

'Reinforcements have been rushed to the area and combing operations have been intensified to track down the extremists,' Patnaik said making a statement in the assembly.

Announcing a compensation of Rs.8 lakh to the next of kin of the slain policeman Patnaik said the family will also receive Rs.10 lakh from the insurance company. He said a job would also be provided to one family member.

The next of kin of the paramilitary trooper will also receive Rs.10 lakh from the insurance company and other benefits as admissible from the central government, he said.

A group of 50 heavily armed Maoists forcibly stopped a mini truck at Champajharan village carrying explosive materials from Gulf Oil Corporation and hijacked it at gun point, Patnaik said.