Three members of Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a splinter group of the outlawed CPI (Maoists), were killed in a gunfight with security personnel in Gumla district, police officials said on Wednesday.
Among the three killed, one named Chhotu Oraon, carried a cash reward of ₹5 lakh bounty. (Representative file photo)
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“The encounter took place between JJMP members and a joint team of Jharkhand Jaguar and Gumla district police. Three bodies and arms have been recovered. Further process of identification is on,” a senior Jharkhand police official said.
Among the three killed, one named Chhotu Oraon, carried a cash reward of ₹5 lakh bounty, officials aware of the details said.
In a similar operation on Monday, security forces gunned down two Maoists in an encounter in the Abujhmad area of Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district.
The gunfight broke out in the early hours of the day when a search party was on patrol in the Abujhmad region, located along the Maharashtra–Chhattisgarh border. The forces had received information about the presence of Maoist cadres, a police official said.
Stationed in Ranchi, Vishal is heading the Jharkhand Bureau of Hindustan Times since November 2017. Besides leading the reporting team, Vishal tracks and writes on developments related to the state politics, economy and policy matters in Jharkhand. Prior to his current assignment, Vishal used to work in New Delhi after graduating from the University of Delhi. Vishal joined HT in the rank of Assistant Editor in August 2015 and was part of the Delhi Metro Bureau, covering a host of issues in the City-state including politics, policy---especially those related to urban traffic & transport infrastructure and railways. A native of Palamu district in Jharkhand, Vishal started his two-decade long career in the mainstream media in 2006. During this period, he has has worked in different capacity with a number of national media houses including the Financial Chronicle, India Today, Deccan Herald and The Hindu, before moving to the Hindustan Times. He holds the experience of having worked in three major mediums of mass communication--Print, Electronic and Digital. He is a proud father of two daughters.
