Maoist killed in raid
A Maoist was killed when the joint forces raided a camp of an ultra leader in a jungle in West Midnapore district in the early hours on Tuesday. On a tip off by locals that a Maoist squad of ultra leader Bikash was camping in the jungle, the joint forces and police led by the CoBra personnel surrounded the camp at around 2:30 am, police said. The Maoists fired at the joint forces, which retaliated with the encounter continuing till 5:00 am. After the firing stopped, the joint forces moved into the camp and found the body of the Maoist. They seized two .303 rifles, a stengun, a licensed gun, a landmine, detonators and wires. Superintendent of Police, Mr Manoj Verma, termed the operation as a great success.
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