Maoist carrying ₹1 crore bounty among 3 killed in encounter in Jharkhand

Three Maoists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district on Monday. The early morning encounter took place in Karandi village under Tatijharia police station, following intelligence inputs.

Sahdev Soren alias Parvesh, a Central Committee Member of the Maoists was neutralised during Monday's encounter.(via HT)

Those neutralised include Sahdev Soren alias Parvesh, a Central Committee Member of the Maoists carrying a reward of ₹1 crore, along with two senior commanders — Raghunath Hembram alias Chanchal, a Bihar-Jharkhand Special Area Committee member with a bounty of ₹25 lakh, and Birsen Ganjhu alias Ramkhelawan, a Zonal Committee member carrying a reward of ₹10 lakh.