Getting a tip-off, personnel of the CoBRA and the police yesterday raided the jungles near Akhrakona and in the ensuing gun battle the Maoist, identified as Ashish'da, who carried Rs 25 lakh on his head, was killed, Superintendent of Police Chandan Kumar Jha said.
The rebel was a member of Bihar/Jharkhand special area committee.
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today
congratulated the CRPF, district police and CoBRA for gunning down the dreaded Maoist operative.
The success achieved by the security forces would give a big boost in rooting out Left Wing Extremism in the state, a release said here.
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