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

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Bokaro, July 16: Two Maoists and a CRPF jawan were killed in a gunfight in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district on Wednesday morning, police said.

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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.

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“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.

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

The identification of the killed Maoists is underway, another police officer said. (PTI)

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