8 security personnel, 4 Maoists killed in Bihar encounter

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

PATNA: Eight security personnel were killed and four Maoists gunned down in a daylong encounter in Dumari Nala forest area bordering Aurangabad and Gaya districts in Bihar on Monday. The daylong encounter, about 172km from state capital Patna, saw 17 IED explosions.

A helicopter was sent to evacuate the injured jawans from the Sarkha Ka Bathan area inside the forest, but nobody could be evacuated till the report was filed. According to sources, the helicopter was forced to return to Patna as the Naxalites engaged in heavy firing and the helicopter could not land there.

"The search operation has been going on since last two days after we had a tip off that a group of Maoists led by 'Sandeep Ji' of Bihar Jharkhand Special Area Committee (BJSAC) was moving there. On Monday the ultras started blasting IEDs and the security forces who went inside the jungle got trapped. They started firing indiscriminately after the blast of the IEDs," said a senior officer.

Magadh range DIG Sourabh Kumar said he has got information about a fire-exchange between security forces and Naxalites, but refused to say anything about casualties. He said Aurangabad SP Babu Ram has been rushed to encounter site and reinforcements are on their way.

Neighbouring districts have also been asked to assist in the operation.


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[Local_Legend]

Bihar: 10 CRPF men, 3 Maoists killed in encounter in Gaya

A late-night encounter between Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and Maoists in Gaya in Bihar led to the death of 10 of the CRPF jawans and at least four Maoists. The encounter started close to midnight on Monday, and ended in the early hours of Tuesday.



It is said that a team of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) jawans of the CRPF were on a patrolling mission in the Dumari Nala forest area in the Gaya district -- a place that is very near the district border of Aurangabad -- when they were ambushed by the Maoists, who set off 21 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) around them.

This was followed by heavy exchange of fire, which led to the death of 10 of the CRPF personnel and at least four Maoists, whose bodies have been recovered. Five of the CRPF personnel have been injured, and taken to hospital for treatment. The total extent of casualties on the Maoist side is not known, because they are known to take away their injured as well as bodies of the deceased members after an encounter.

Gaya District Magistrate Kumar Ravi had told Hindustan Times on Monday night: "We sent a helicopter, but it was unable to evacuate our people as the Maoists engaged our forces in heavy firing. The Gaya international airport will be opened throughout the night and BSF choppers are on standby. We will resume our operations in the morning."

Given that at least 10 COBRA commandos have died in the encounter so far, this is being considered one of the deadliest that the COBRA battalion, which the CRPF raised to specialise in guerrilla tactics and jungle warfare, has encountered.

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/bihar-10-crpf-men-3-maoists-killed-encounter-gaya-687099

Sad . RIP brave CRPF jawans.