Ranchi: Two jawans of the Jharkhand Jaguar Force of the Jharkhand police were killed in a gunfight with Maoists in West Singhbhum district. A joint team of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Cobra, Jharkhand Jaguar and district armed police launched a massive search operation in the area after getting information about the presence of Maoists. On spotting the approaching security personnel, the Maoists opened fire on them, resulting in a gunfight in which the two jawans were killed.
‘The two jawans, identified as Amit Tiwari and Gautam Kumar, were killed in a Maoist ambush,’ West Singhbhum Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar told PTI.
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