CPI (Maoist) with Rs 5 lakh bounty killed in gunfight in Jharkhand
Jharkhand
's
Latehar
district on Monday, a senior police official said. Another red rebel was also arrested during the operation, he said.
The encounter between security forces and Maoists broke out in a forest in Dauna under the
Mauhadand Police Station
limits on Sunday night, he said.
"Manish Yadav, who was carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head, was killed in the gunfight with security forces. Another Maoist Kundan Kherwar was arrested," Palamu DIG YS Ramesh told PTI.
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The operation was conducted barely two days after two Maoists, including JJMP supremo
Pappu Lohra
, who was carrying a bounty of Rs 10 lakh on his head, were killed in an
anti-Naxal operation
by security forces in the district.
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