An encounter erupted Wednesday morning between security forces and Maoists in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district. CoBRA personnel were ambushed during a patrol in the Rutughutu forests. Intensive search operations continue as authorities remain on high alert to flush out insurgents
CPI (Maoist) Central Committee member Sahadev Soren, carrying a Rs 1 crore bounty, was killed in Jharkhand along with two associates. His death comes five days after fellow CCM Modem Balakrishna was eliminated in Chhattisgarh, further depleting the Maoist top brass.
Three Maoists, including Sahdev Soren, a top CPI (Maoist) leader with a ₹1 crore bounty, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district early Monday. The encounter triggered a large-scale search operation in Pantitri forest.
The troops of 209 Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) conducted the operation in which six naxals were killed and two INSAS rifles, a self-loading rifle (SLR)and a pistol were seized