Jharkhand: Five Naxals killed in Chatra, arms recovered
Chatra, April 3: A police official said on Monday, at least five members of outlawed CPI (Maoist), who were carrying Rs 25 lakh each reward on their heads while the other two had bounties of Rs 5 lakh each. In an encounter, they were killed with security forces in Jharkhand’s Chatra district
"Five Naxals killed in an encounter in Chatra. Two of them were carrying rewards of Rs 25 lakh each, two were carrying rewards of 5 lakh each. Two AK 47 has been recovered," Jharkhand Police said.
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As per information, the operation is still underway. Further details into the matter are awaited.
Earlier, there was a joint team of police and DRG were arrested on Sunday and three naxals in insurgency-hit Kanker district of Chhattisgarh.
Police said, the arrested naxals were identified as Samund alias Suman Singh Anchala (42), Sanjay Kumar Usendi (27) and Parasram Dhangul (55).
"Acting on a precise tip-off about the presence of naxals, the joint team launched an operation and succeeded in arresting three insurgents from the forest under Koyelibeda police station limits," said Antagarh Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Khoman Sinha.
"The arrested naxals have been allegedly indulged in several incidents including torching vehicles engaged in construction works, setting towers on fire, and assaulting people by branding them as police informers and others," added ASP Sinha.
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- ANI
