A CPI ( Maoist ) rebel was killed and a police jawan sustained bullet injuries during an encounter at Bikrampur village under Mosabani police station in Ghatshila sub-division of East Singhbhum district,around 70 Kms away from Jamshedpur this evening. The encounter took place at around 6.30 pm when acting on a tip off a team of police led by assistant superintendent of police ( operations), Shailendra Burnwal reached the village where a Tusu Mela was organised as part of Makar Sankranti festival.
One of the rebel Kumar Murmu, a resident of Dalmakocha in Mosabani was identified by the police and was given a chase. The police started firing at the rebels resulting in death of Kumar Murmu on the spot, while another rebel who sustained injury on his right leg fled on a bike alongwith other Maoists taking advantage of the darkness. According to police sources, the rebels fled towards Ghurabandha bordering Odisha.The injured police jawan was rushed to the Tata Main Hospital in a CRPF ambulance for treatment at around 8.30 pm.