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

Two Maoists and a CRPF CoBRA jawan were killed in an early morning gunfight in Bokaro district’s Birhordera forest in Jharkhand. Security forces launched a search operation in the area following the encounter. One elite commando also lost his life.

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 said that a search was underway in the area following the encounter.

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