Jharkhand: 3 Naxals killed, one CRPF jawan martyred in encounter
(Sourced from PTI)
Three Maoists and a CRPF jawan were killed today in an encounter in Jharkhand's Giridih district, about 185kms from state capital Ranchi, officials said. They said the encounter between the two sides took place around 6 am in the forests of Belbha Ghat area of the district when troops of the 7th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were undertaking operations.
Three bodies of Maoists along with an AK-47 Rifle, three bullet magazines and four pipe bombs have been recovered from the encounter site till now, the officials said, They added that a CRPF jawan was also killed in the encounter. The force is looking for more recoveries and a search is being conducted in the encounter area, they said.
Jharkhand is going to polls in the final four phases of the Lok Sabha elections. Giridih district, a Maoist-affected area of Jharkhand, is going to polls in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. The encounter comes days after BJP MLA Bheema Mandavi convoy was attacked by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada, killing the MLA and three policemen on the spot.
