CRPF man, Maoist killed in encounter

Sep 25, 2010 |

Jhargram (West Bengal)

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A CRPF personnel and a Maoist were killed in an encounter between the joint forces and rebels at Bandarboni and Cheraboni areas near Jhargram town of West Midnapore district.

The encounter, which began on Friday night, was still continuing. The police said the joint force surrounded Bandarboni, Cheraboni and Tetuldanga areas on Friday night after receiving a tip-off that Maoists had taken shelter in those areas after triggering a series of violent incidents in Jhargram recently.

As the joint force approached the areas, they were fired upon by the Maoists to which they retaliated, the police said. During a search operation on Saturday, the joint force found the bullet-ridden body of a CRPF personnel and a Maoist from Bandarboni.

They were yet to be identified, the police said. Arms were also seized from the spot. Suspected Maoists had on Friday blown up the office of the Krishak Sabha at a village and set afire to a community hall in Jhargram sub-division of West Midnapore district.

The group then attacked the neighbouring village of Radhanagar where they set ablaze a community hall, triggering panic among the villagers. On Thursday, a school employee Srikanta Mondol was killed by Maoists.

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