Updated Feb 11, 2021 | 17:06 IST
The incident took place in Jhumra Pahad forest in Jageshwar Vihar police station area on Wednesday night, they said. Representational Image
New Delhi: Two CRPF jawans have been seriously injured in a gunfight with CPI (Maoist) cadre in Jharkhand s Bokaro district, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place in Jhumra Pahad forest in Jageshwar Vihar police station area on Wednesday night, they said.
Acting on a tip-off about the presence of a Maoist camp, a joint team of Jharkhand Police and CRPF launched a combing operation in the area, a police officer said.
A force of around 50 Maoists opened fire on the security personnel upon spotting them, sparking off a gun- battle during which CRPF sepoys Satyendra Singh and Vishnu Singh received serious injuries, he said.