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.
The incident occurred at Khetko village under the Petarwar Police Station limits, around 80 km from the state capital Ranchi, when their religious flag, made of iron, came in contact with a live wire, Bokaro Superintendent of Police Priyadarshi Alok said.
