A deputy commandant of Jharkhand, Jaguars, a particular police drive to take care of Left Wing Extremism, was killed in an encounter with members of a banned Maoist faction throughout a search operation in Salia forest space of ​​Latehar district on Tuesday.
A member of the Maoist group Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP) was additionally killed within the encounter. Sources stated that a number of weapons together with an AK-47 rifle had been recovered from the encounter website.
The encounter came about two days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah met chief ministers and high officers of 10 Left Wing Extremism-affected states.
Announcing the officer’s demise, Chief Minister Hemant Soren posted on social media: “During the search operation in Latehar area, we lost Deputy Commandant Rajesh Kumar… May his family get strength in their hour of grief.”
The 41-year-old officer, who joined the BSF in 2007, was on deputation to the Jharkhand Jaguar since 2018.
Sources stated a staff of Jharkhand Jaguar was on a search operation in Salia forest space, about 10 km from Latehar district police headquarters, when JJMP extremists opened hearth on them. In the two-hour-long encounter, a Maoist was killed and Deputy Commandant Kumar was shot, he stated. Kumar was taken to Latehar after which to Ranchi for therapy. A press launch issued by the Jharkhand Police stated that he died within the hospital throughout therapy.
This is the second such incident this 12 months during which a jawan of Jharkhand Jaguar has been martyred. In March, three constables of the unit had been killed and two had been injured in a Claymore mine blast by Maoists in Chaibasa space of ​​West Singhbhum district.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
