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Maoist leader gunned down by security forces in Bihar

| | Feb 21, 2017, at 07:16 pm
Patna, Feb 21 (IBNS): Security forces gunned down a dreaded Naxal leader in Bihar in a fierce encounter on Tuesday, according to media reports.

The encounter took place in the Dahibara forests of the Banka district.

Rajeev Ranjan, SP, Banka, said that the self-styled Maoist Mantu Khaira, who carried a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head, was gunned down by a joint team of the special task force of Bihar police and the Sashastra Seema Bal.

Two SLRs and one AK-47 assault rifle and some grenades were recovered from the encounter site, media reports said quoting the police.

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