India News | Encounter Occurs Between Maoists, Security Personnel in J'khand

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), Oct 13 (PTI) An encounter between security personnel and members of the proscribed CPI (Maoists) took place on Friday in a forest in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said.

During an anti-Maoist operation in the forest near Haathiburu-Kuira villages, the red rebels opened fire at security personnel, forcing them to retaliate, a senior officer said.

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The Maoists triggered an IED blast in an adjacent forest between Bamiaburu and Tiliyabeda villages while making a retreat from there, West Singhbhum Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar said.

"No one was injured in the IED blast," he said, adding that the operation is going on.

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The security personnel had recovered three Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) during the anti-Maoist operation a day before.

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