Latehar Encounter

A 41-year-old deputy commandant-rank official of Jharkhand Jaguar, an anti-Maoist force of state police, was killed in an encounter in Latehar district on Tuesday, a senior official said.

Two Maoists were shot dead and a woman rebel suffered injuries during an encounter with the security forces in Latehar district today, police said.

A bomb has been found inside the body of a CRPF jawan killed in an encounter with Maoists earlier this week in Jharkhand's Latehar district. Doctors performing an autopsy on the body in Ranchi last night detected metal and called in a bomb disposal squad which confirmed that explosives had indeed been placed inside the jawan's body.

Seven CRPF personnel were killed and at least nine others injured in a fierce gun battle with Maoist guerrillas in Latehar district on Monday.

A late night encounter between police and Naxals in the Luhur jungles of Jharkhand's Latehar district resulted in the death of nine Naxals.Arms and ammunition have been recovered by the police from the encounter site.

In Jharkhand, the Badaniya villagers of Latehar are trapped between Maoists and police forces. In an encounter between the two on the 15th of April, 5 villagers lost their lives.

A 41-year-old deputy commandant-rank official of Jharkhand Jaguar, an anti-Maoist force of state police, was killed in an encounter in Latehar district on Tuesday, a senior official said.

Two Maoists were shot dead and a woman rebel suffered injuries during an encounter with the security forces in Latehar district today, police said.

A bomb has been found inside the body of a CRPF jawan killed in an encounter with Maoists earlier this week in Jharkhand's Latehar district. Doctors performing an autopsy on the body in Ranchi last night detected metal and called in a bomb disposal squad which confirmed that explosives had indeed been placed inside the jawan's body.

Seven CRPF personnel were killed and at least nine others injured in a fierce gun battle with Maoist guerrillas in Latehar district on Monday.

A late night encounter between police and Naxals in the Luhur jungles of Jharkhand's Latehar district resulted in the death of nine Naxals.Arms and ammunition have been recovered by the police from the encounter site.

In Jharkhand, the Badaniya villagers of Latehar are trapped between Maoists and police forces. In an encounter between the two on the 15th of April, 5 villagers lost their lives.