Four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans are suspected to have been killed in an encounter with the banned CPI (Maoist) in the Katiya forest in Latehar district, 110 km from Ranchi.
One Maoist is believed to have been killed. Ten CRPF jawans and two jawans from Jharkhand Jaguars were injured.
CRPF and police officials, however, said they could not confirm the number of jawans who were killed as they are still missing. “The encounter began at 11 a.m. on Monday. Four CRPF jawans are untraceable. We are still looking for them,” said Latehar Superintendent of Police Kranti Kumar.
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh visited Latehar and Palamu, two of Jharkhand’s 20 left wing extremism-affected districts, on December 30 and 31.
Keywords: CRPF jawans, encounter, Maoists encounter, Katiya forest, Latehar district
Confusion, lack of skills and competence and serious lack of professionalism is visible among the officers of rank of AC and onwards. they ruthlessly endanger their jawans' life. Its time to pick officers of CRPF and all other central armed police forces on the basis of aptitude and interest in the kind of career it is and not on the basis of a general knowledge based cutoff based exam which is mostly cleared by the peace and comfort seeking IAS aspirants. only than the soldiers can stay motivated
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