1 trooper killed in gun battle with Maoists in Jharkhand
Sunday - June 2, 2019 12:32 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Ranchi, June 2 (IANS) One security personnel was killed while four others injured during a gun battle with Maoists in Jharkhand's Dumka district on Sunday, police said.Based on intelligence input, state security personnel and paramilitary forces were on a search operation in Taldengara village when Maoists started firing and the security forces retaliated.While the Maoists managed to flee after the gun battle, a security personnel was killed and four others injured, who were airlifted and brought to Ranchi for treatment.Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das has paid homage to the slain trooper.
--IANS ns/mag/
--IANS ns/mag/
