CRPF jawan killed in Naxal encounter in Jharkhand

Ranchi: A CRPF commando was today killed in a gunfight with Naxalites in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa district. Sources said a joint squad of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and state police had begun an operation in the jungles of the district last night in hunt of some top Naxal commanders. [caption id=“attachment_1082261” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Naxals have killed a CRPF jawan in Jharkhand. Reuters. [/caption] “A commando of the elite CoBRA team was today killed after he succumbed to bullet injuries in the encounter. The firing is still on,” a senior official said. Joint forces have been sent for the long haul operation and this operation was based on intelligence inputs, the official said. PTI