1 CRPF jawan, 2 Maoists killed in shootout in Jharkhand’s Bokaro

Gunfight broke out between security forces & Maoists in the Birhordera forest, near Gomia police station in the early hours of Wednesday.

Representational image of security forces | Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Bokaro: Two Maoists and a CRPF jawan were killed in a gunfight in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district on Wednesday morning, police said.

The gunfight broke out between the security forces and the Maoists in the Birhordera forest in the Gomia police station area around 5.30 am, they said.

“The security forces gunned down two Maoists during the encounter. A jawan of the CPRF’s CoBRA battalion was also killed in the exchange of fire,” IG (Bokaro Zone) Kranthi Kumar Gadidesi told PTI.

Bokaro’s SP Harvinder Singh told PTI that a search was underway in the area following the encounter. PTI SAN NAM SOM

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