According to police, a trooper of the Indian Reserve Battalion sustained a bullet injury to his chest in the gun battle in Balumath of Latehar district. The gun battle began after midnight and ended on Monday morning.
The injured IRB jawan was brought to Ranchi for treatment.
The gun battle took place when security personnel, on a tip-off, surrounded the area and tried to arrest the Maoist guerrillas.
The Maoists started firing at the security personnel, with the gun battle lasting for more than five hours.
Maoist guerrillas are active in 18 of the 24 districts of the state.
(This story has not been edited by Social News XYZ staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Doraiah Chowdary Vundavally is a Software engineer at VTech . He is the news editor of SocialNews.XYZ and Freelance writer-contributes Telugu and English Columns on Films, Politics, and Gossips. He is the primary contributor for South Cinema Section of SocialNews.XYZ. His mission is to help to develop SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgement towards any.
This website uses cookies.