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Security forces gun down four Maoists, arrest three in an encounter in Jharkhand |
Four Maoists have been killed and three arrested in
an encounter at Jonha, about 40 kilometres from State capital Ranchi by the Jharkhand
Police and Central paramilitary forced in a joint operation, police said on Sunday.
According to police, following a tip off about Maoists’ movement taking place
towards Purulia district in the neighbouring West Bengal State , the security
forces laid a trap by putting blockades at various places. A fierce gunfight took
place at Jonha, about 40 kilometres away from State capital, Ranchi . "We had
placed blockades at six places which were there continuously for the past 2 days.
We were successful near Jonha area where following an encounter four Maoists were
killed, though we have only found one body. The search operation is on to find
rest of the Maoists. We have found three rifles, backpacks, their vehicle, a motorcycle
and lot of ammunitions," said Praveen Kumar, Senior Superintendent of Police,
Ranchi . Police also confirmed of having arrested three Maoists. Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh has described Maoists as the biggest internal security challenge
since independence, which began four decades ago championing the cause of poor
peasants in the east, but has now spread to about 20 of India's 29 states. Union
Home Minister P. Chidambaram said the government was willing to talk to the Maoists
about issues such as poverty and corruption that are often blamed for stoking
the insurgency, but insisted the rebels must first stop violence. |
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