Bihar: CRPF jawan killed in Maoist attack

Patna: A CRPF officer was killed Friday in a Maoist attack in Bihar’s Jamui district, police said. [caption id=“attachment_1603157” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Maoists in Bihar. AFP.[/caption] Deputy commandant of CRPF’s seventh battalion H.N. Jha was killed in the attack. “Jha died on the spot after bullet hit his head,” district police officer Ram Nath Tiwari said. The attack took place near Khaira forest in Jamui when a team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers was patrolling the area. The CRPF team arrested four Maoist guerrillas including a woman after the incident and seized arms and ammunition. PTI