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Naxalites hurt in encounter

Jamshedpur: Two naxalites were injured on Saturday in an encounter with a joint combing team near Barunia in the extremist-hit Ghatsila sub-division of Jharkhand.

The encounter took place after the police and the CRPF started long-range patrolling, following a tip-off that CPI(Maoist) ultras had gathered in a jungle near the village.

The security forces retaliated after the ultras opened fire on seeing them approach the jungle, Superintendent of Police Navin Kumar Singh said.Intermittent firing was on, Mr. Singh said, adding that the neighbouring States of Orissa and West Bengal had been alerted.

No casuality was reported from the police camp till 4 pm, Singh said.

The naxalites who sustained bullet injuries were taken away by their group members, he said.

The police had seized a rifle, two pistols, bombs, detonators, uniforms and other articles left behind by the ultras. — PTI

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