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Hindustan Times
14-06-2025
- Hindustan Times
MP: 4 Maoists, including 3 women, killed in encounter with security forces
Bhopal: Four maoists, including three women, were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, said police. The encounter took place in the forests of Pachama Dadri village under Bithli post of Rupjhar police station area of the district. Balaghat superintendent of police Aditya Mishra said, 'Information was received about the camps and movement of Maoists. The operation was launched on Saturday morning. The Maoists were seen in the forest. They were asked to surrender but they started firing. Forces retaliated and gunned down four. The search operation is still going on. The team recovered a grenade launcher, 1 SLR and other weapons from the encounter site.' Police are trying to identify the slain Maoists, he said, adding that there is a possibility of finding more bodies of Maoists.
Mint
26-05-2025
- Mint
Jharkhand: CPI (Maoist) Manish Yadav with ₹5 lakh bounty killed in gunfight; another arrested
A senior police official said that a member of the banned CPI (Maoist), identified as Manish Yadav, who carried a bounty of ₹ 5 lakh on his head, was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Monday, while another was arrested. This comes after two maoists were killed in an anti-Naxal operation on May 24. Another red rebel was arrested during the operation, he said. "Manish Yadav, who was carrying a reward of ₹ 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. Kundan is stated to be carrying a bounty of ₹ 10 lakh on his head. However, Ramesh said that the reward on Kundan's head is yet to be verified. 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. The operation was conducted barely two days after two Maoists, including JJMP supremo Pappu Lohra, who was carrying a bounty of ₹ 10 lakh on his head, were killed in an anti-Naxal operation by security forces in the district. On May 24, Lohra, the chief of the proscribed Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a Maoist splinter group, and his associate Prabhat Ganjhu, the sub-zonal commander of the organisation, were killed during the operation. Ganjhu was carrying a bounty of ₹ 5 lakh on his head. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Jharkhand Police conducted the joint operation in the Ichabar forest region, falling under the jurisdiction of the Latehar Police Station. Lohra was wanted in 98 cases, comprising murder, extortion, and arson, across several districts such as Lohardaga, Gumla, Chatra, Palamu, and Latehar. Ganjhu was wanted in 15 cases, according to Ramesh.
Mint
26-05-2025
- Mint
Jharkhand: CPI (Maoist) Manish Yadav with ₹5 lakh bounty killed in gunfight; another arrested
A senior police official said that a member of the banned CPI (Maoist), identified as Manish Yadav, who carried a bounty of ₹ 5 lakh on his head, was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Monday, while another was arrested. This comes after two maoists were killed in an anti-Naxal operation on May 24. Another red rebel was arrested during the operation, he said. "Manish Yadav, who was carrying a reward of ₹ 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. Kundan is stated to be carrying a bounty of ₹ 10 lakh on his head. However, Ramesh said that the reward on Kundan's head is yet to be verified. 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. The operation was conducted barely two days after two Maoists, including JJMP supremo Pappu Lohra, who was carrying a bounty of ₹ 10 lakh on his head, were killed in an anti-Naxal operation by security forces in the district. On May 24, Lohra, the chief of the proscribed Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a Maoist splinter group, and his associate Prabhat Ganjhu, the sub-zonal commander of the organisation, were killed during the operation. Ganjhu was carrying a bounty of ₹ 5 lakh on his head. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Jharkhand Police conducted the joint operation in the Ichabar forest region, falling under the jurisdiction of the Latehar Police Station. Lohra was wanted in 98 cases, comprising murder, extortion, and arson, across several districts such as Lohardaga, Gumla, Chatra, Palamu, and Latehar. Ganjhu was wanted in 15 cases, according to Ramesh. Both were allegedly implicated in the killing of Jharkhand Jaguar deputy commandant Rajesh Kumar during an operation in September 2021.
