Two Maoists have been killed in an encounter in latehar district’s Barbani Dubyahi area on Saturday morning. The security forces recovered the bodies of the two ultras said to be part of Nakul —a group of CPI-Maoist. One woman cadre of the group has been arrested during the operation and has been airlifted for further treatment at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences at Ranchi. “The security forces recovered one 3.3mm rifle and one double barrel gun,” IG CRPF, R K Mishra, confirmed over the phone.
The fierce encounter broke out at 2 am and continued for about an hour. Preliminary identification described the dead ultras as Anirudh Singh and Perween, however, police is still verifying their credentials.
Mishra said, “A team of CRPF, latehar district police and Cobra was out in the night dominance in the Barbani Dubyahi area when the heavily armed group of CPI-Maoists opened fire. The forced retaliated and killed two of them.”