December 21, 2025 10:25 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
PM Modi slams ‘cut and commission’ TMC in virtual Taherpur address | US launches Operation Hawkeye Strike in Syria targeting ISIS after Americans killed | Horror on tracks: Rajdhani Express ploughs into elephant herd, eight killed in Assam | Horror in Bangladesh: Hindu man lynched and set on fire amid violent protests | Bangladesh in flames: Student leader Sharif Osman Hadi's death triggers massive protests, media offices torched | Chaos in Dhaka! Protesters assault New Age Editor, burn down newspaper offices amid deadly unrest | After campus shootings, Trump suspends green card lottery programme | ‘Worst is over,’ says IndiGo CEO after flight chaos; staff told to ignore speculation | Chaos at Hyderabad's Lulu Mall! Nidhhi Agerwal swarmed by fans, police register case | TCS bets big on AI, shares spike as company reveals ambitious plan

Six Maoists gunned down in encounter in Jharkhand

| | Nov 23, 2016, at 08:08 pm
Ranchi, Nov 23 (IBNS) : Six underground Maoists were gunned down in an encounter with the Cobra commandos of the CRPF and the Jharkhand police in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Wednesday morning, media reports said.

The encounter took place in a remote location  on the forested banks of the Koel river under the jurisdiction of the Chhipadohar police station after a joint patrol of the CRPF and Jharkhand police chanced upon about 25 Maoists who had gathered there.

Six bodies of the rebels in black uniform have been recovered. The bodies are yet to be identified.

“An INSAS rifle, an SLR, a carbine and three other firearms have been recovered from the encounter site, reports quoted  Latehar superintendent of police Anup Birthire as saying.

The other members of the Maoist squad managed to escape. Some of thare injured, police said.

A search operation is on to nab them

The SP said there was no casualty on the part of the security forces.

 

 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.