8 Maoists including senior leaders, killed in Bijapur encounter
The encounter began in the densely forested Todka area under Gangaloor police station limits and was still ongoing as of late afternoon, with reinforcements rushed to the site.
The Sashastra Seema Bal(SSB) on Thursday said it has apprehended a “hardcore” Maoist in a joint operation with police in Ranchi.
Manoj Bhokta, 22, was held on Wednesday in a joint operation launched by the 26th Battalion of SSB and the state police following a tip-off, and a pistol, a country-made pistol, six live cartridges and one motorcycle were recovered from his possession.
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He, along with the recovered arms, was handed over to Hazaribagh police, the SSB official said.
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A resident of Chatra district in Jharkhand, Bhokta belongs to Sashastra People’s Morcha a splinter group of Maoists, he said.
The official said the paramilitary force on December 26 also arrested a 35-year-old Maoist Bijoy Karmali a member of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Parishad in a similar operation launched in Lurunga area in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district.
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