Woman killed in Maoist-police gunbattle in Jharkhand
June 1st, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANSRanchi, June 1 (IANS) A woman was killed in a gunbattle between security forces and Maoist guerrillas on the outskirts of Ranchi on Wednesday, police said.
“One woman was killed in the gunbattle. Arms and ammunition have been found from the encounter site. Search operation is going on. It seems that some Maoist guerrillas were also killed in the gunbattle as blood spots have been found at the encounter site,” said S.N. Pradhan, Jharkhand Police spokesperson, to IANS.
Jharkhand Police got information about the presence of Maoist guerrillas in a jungle situated under Tamar police station jurisdiction of Ranchi.
When security forces comprising state police and CRPF personnel entered the jungle, the Maoists guerrillas opened fire on them and a gunbattle followed, lasting for nearly two hours.
Police sources say that the woman who aws killed in the incident might have gone to cook food for the Maoists.
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