Personnel from the anti-Naxal force at the hilly range bordering Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. File photo
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Two Maoists including a woman were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Wednesday (January 29, 2025), police said.
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The incident took place in a forest area under Sonua police station limit, around 80 km from West Singhbhum district headquarters town, in the early hours of Wednesday, they said.
“A gunfight broke out between security forces and Maoists in a forest under Sonua police station area around 6.35 am. Two bodies including a woman were recovered during the search operation,” Kolhan range DIG Manoj Ratan Chothe told PTI.
He said two INSAS rifles were also recovered from the place of occurrence.
He said that a search operation was still underway in the area.
Published – January 29, 2025 12:08 pm IST
