J'khand: CRPF's CoBRA commando killed, cop injured in encounter with Maoists
A gunbattle began early morning in Dalbhaga-Arki area when joint team of 209th battalion of CoBRA, Jharkhand police was out for operation.
![According to Sukma police, all the 12 Maoists were arrested in Kistaram area by a joint search party.(Photo: PTI/Representational) According to Sukma police, all the 12 Maoists were arrested in Kistaram area by a joint search party.(Photo: PTI/Representational)](https://s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/images.asianage.com/images/aa-Cover-itl4qum6l550mijfhss67k77v7-20180401235551.Medi.jpeg)
Former Jharkhand minister Gopal Krishna Patar was arrested in 2017 by the NIA for allegedly conniving with the Maoists to get his political rival Munda killed in 2008. (Photo: Representational)
Ranchi: A CoBRA commando of the CRPF was killed and a policeman injured during an encounter with Maoists in Saraikela area of Jharkhand on Thursday, officials said.
They said a gunbattle began early morning in the Dalbhaga-Arki area of the Saraikela-Kharsawan district at about 7 am when a joint team of the 209th battalion of the CoBRA (commando battalion for resolute action) and Jharkhand Police was out for operation.
A commando has been killed while a state police personnel has been injured during the encounter, they said.
The encounter took place in Saraikela, the administrative headquarter of Saraikela Kharsawan district which is about 135-km from the state capital here.
Heavy firing is still on and further details are awaited, they said.
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