Jamshedpur: At least two Maoists were killed and three jawans got injured in an encounter between the ultras and the security forces in a forest in Seraikela-Kharswan district in Jharkhand, police said on Tuesday. Earlier police had said one Maoist was killed and two jawans were injured in the encounter on Monday.
"At least two Maoists were killed while three jawans suffered injury in the encounter that lasted over one and half hour," Police Superintendent Upendra Kumar said. "We have recovered one body, while we saw the Maoists carrying away another during the encounter," he said.
"I cannot rule out the possibility of more casualty of the Maoists", he said. The injured jawans of COBRA battalion were admitted to hospital from where one was released this morning , he said.
A massive combing operation was on for the second day on Tuesday in the forest between Kalerango and Chatnibeda villages of the district to track down the rebels, he said....
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02:21 PM, May 14, 2013
Jharkhand: One Maoist was killed and two security men were injured on Monday in an encounter in Jharkhand. Police officials said they received a tip-off that Maoists were about to assemble in the forest whereupon the police, COBRA and CRPF forces rushed to the spot. The Maoists fired on seeing the personnel, triggering a gun fight. The encounter took place in a forest between Kalerango and Chatnibeda villages under naxal-affected...
07:29 AM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani has said he will be paying for his Z-category security. The DG of CRPF had earlier told CNN-IBN that it would cost Rs 14 lakh a month to provide Mukesh Ambani the security which includes salary, supervision and escort charges. Earlier, Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Admi Party had protested against the VIP security being provided to Mukesh Ambani. Mukesh Ambani is...
02:59 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Chennai: In a joint operation, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal Police arrested suspected Maoist Shyam Charan Tudu, wanted in the 2010 attack on a CRPF camp in West Bengal's Midnapore, from Coimbatore, police said on Sunday. "He was arrested at his residence around midnight on Saturday. The West Bengal Police, which had a tip off, sought our cooperation in the operation," Coimbatore Police Commissioner AK Viswanathan told IANS over phone...
06:00 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Ten alleged Maoists have been killed in an encounter between rival Maoist factions in Chatra in Jharkhand, local police said. The Maoists were killed in an encounter with the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) on Wednesday night. ...
11:55 AM, Mar 28, 2013
On Friday, CNN-IBN and Open Magazine aired an explosive video of CRPF commandos stating that a Bihar Superintendent of Police and his SHO fraudulently claimed gallantry awards for an encounter in which they never took part. Two CRPF commandos, Ramzan and Imtiaz, who braved the bullets to fight the Naxals during the Rohtas encounter in January 2012, said they were sidelined for the awards. ...
10:01 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Security has been beefed up across Kashmir Valley, especially in the summer capital of Srinagar, where militants recently carried out two attacks in as many weeks. ...
03:55 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Two CRPF officers, who killed top Maoist leader Kishenji in West Bengal, were on Saturday honoured with the Shaurya Chakra by President Pranab Mukherjee along with 12 personnel from the Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF). ...
03:23 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Downplaying the allegations that police sidelined CRPF personnel by recommending the names of two of its officers for the gallantry awards for an encounter, CRPF Director General Pranay Sahay said the recommendation of Bihar Police officials is a proposal of the state government. ...
02:53 PM, Mar 23, 2013
The Bihar Police recommended the names of two of its personnel for the President's gallantry medals allegedly for an encounter they did not take part in, a CNN-IBN and Open magazine expose has revealed. The Rohtas Naxal encounter took place in January 2012 and the CRPF has claimed that its officers partook in the operations and that the Bihar police officers reached the site three hours later. They filed a...
06:57 PM, Mar 22, 2013
There are rising concerns that militancy seems to be staging a comeback after Afzal Guru's execution in Kashmir. Is this a deliberate strategy to divert attention from security forces who's focus is more on law and order? ...
10:57 AM, Mar 22, 2013
A day after eight policemen were transferred in connection with the assault of a woman in Tarn Taran, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to provide CRPF security to the victim. ...
04:55 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Police today claimed to have cracked the suicide attack case on a CRPF camp here with the arrest of four persons, including an LeT terrorist from Pakistan, and recovered huge cache of arms, but said investigation did not prove that the attack was linked to execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. ...
04:24 PM, Mar 19, 2013
The Jammu and Kashmir Police claimed they have cracked the case of the deadly attack in Srinagar that left five paramilitary personnel dead on Wednesday. The breakthrough came after the third arrest of a government employee, Pradeep Singh. ...
09:42 PM, Mar 16, 2013
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has made a third arrest in connection with the fidayeen attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Bemina, Srinagar in which five personnel and two suspected terrorists died. ...
12:59 PM, Mar 16, 2013
The Pakistani terrorist arrested in a major breakthrough in the suicide strike that killed five CRPF men was a Lashkar-e-Toiba recruit and it was he who allegedly dropped the two 'fidayeens' in the outskirts of the city on the day of the attack, investigations show. In a swift operation a day after the attack, the Special Operations Group of the Jammu and Kashmir police arrested 22-year-old Zubair alias Abu Tallah...
07:43 AM, Mar 16, 2013
In an embarrassing lapse, the portrait of the brother of CRPF soldier N Satish, who was killed in the terror attack in Srinagar, was taken in his funeral procession here today with relatives and district authorities blaming each other for it. As a large number of people from Satish's village and Ministers Suresh Kumar and A Ramdas paid homage to the CRPF soldier, killed in Wednesday's suicide attack in Srinagar,...
12:02 PM, Mar 15, 2013
Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir claim to have arrested two persons suspected for having been linked to Wednesday's suicide attack on a CRPF camp. The first person arrested is a suspected Pakistani terrorist from Multan and was picked from the Rampura Chattabal area of Srinagar late on Thursday night. ...
11:42 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Curfew continued in Srinagar district for the second consecutive day on Friday following the death of a youth in alleged firing by CRPF personnel here on Wednesday. Police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in large numbers across the city to ensure that there are no attempts to violate prohibitory orders, police said. ...
11:20 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Security forces in Kashmir claim to have arrested an alleged Pakistani terrorist in Srinagar. The man is suspected of involvement in March 13 fidayeen attack on a CRPF camp in Bemina, Srinagar which led to death of five CRPF personnel. ...
08:00 AM, Mar 15, 2013
