Four Maoists gunned down in Jharkhand

February 19, 2016 08:52

Four Maoists were gunned down on Friday morning following a nine-hour encounter with security forces in Taimara valley on NH-33 and four firearms were seized, CRPF IG Rakesh Kumar Mishra confirmed.

The police have recovered four dead bodies and a process to identify them is on.

All the four dead Maoists are in Naxal fatigue.

The operation began on specific inputs around 9 pm on Thursday night and ended on Friday morning. Ranchi SSP Kuldeep Dwivedi, who led the operations, said intermittent firing continued throughout the night.

"The Maoists, around 40 in number, were led by two top commanders. It was a strong team which engaged the cops in the operation all through the night," Dwivedi, who camped in the valley at night, said.

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