Ranchi: A suspected Naxal was arrested by a joint team of police and paramilitary forces in Jharkhand's Gumla district on Tuesday.
Security men exchanged gunfire with Maoist ultras after unearthing a training camp of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) in Gumla district on Tuesday.
"An early morning joint operation by the CRPF and district police personnel busted the PLFI's training camp at Lodan-Kotha Toli village, which triggered a 15-minute gunbattle with the ultras," Gumla Superintendent of Police Jatin Narwal said.
The ultras fired upon the police after finding themselves cornered, but were forced to retreat in the face of a strong retaliatory attack, Narwal said....
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08:17 AM, May 30, 2012
Ranchi: A woman, accused of practising black magic, was killed and her body cut up, roasted and eaten by her murderers in Jharkhand's Gumla district, police said on Tuesday. The woman, a widow identified as Aitwari Devi, 45, was killed at Nawgai village of Gumla district, around 140 Km from Ranchi, early on Monday, the police said. After she was killed, her body was cut into pieces by the assailants...
11:59 AM, Jun 07, 2011
Gumla: Five members of a breakaway faction of Maoists, including the bridegroom, were shot dead allegedly by suspected Maoists at a wedding ceremony at Raidih in Gumla district of Jharkhand, the police said on Sunday. Five members of People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were shot dead by rival Maoists in Loki village late last night, Police Superintendent N K Singh told. A group of around 15 Maoists dragged the...
10:03 AM, May 15, 2011
