At least three Naxalites
[Left Wing Extremists
(LWEs)] are reported to
have been killed in a
gun battle between Communist
Party of India-Maoist
(CPI-Maoist)
cadres and the Jharkhand
Prastuti Committee (JPC)
in Arabhusai forest of
Katkamsandi, Hazaribagh
District of Jharkhand
on August 10, reports
The Telegraph.
Unconfirmed sources said
that among those killed
in the turf war was JPC
supremo Kaljit. The gun
battle might have been
spurred by the death of
a Maoist cadre who was
killed by JPC in an encounter
in Panki forest area of
Palamau District in the
night of August 9, Police
said. The Police had recovered
the body of the deceased,
whose identity is yet
to be ascertained. However,
Zee News reports
that the Maoist cadre
was killed by rival outfit
Jharkhand Liberation Tiger
(JLT).
Meanwhile, the INR 4
billion ‘Sarju Development
Plan’ aiming to develop
the ‘guerilla zone’ of
Sarju in Latehar District
on the border of Jharkhand
and Chhattisgarh with
a special focus on skill
and infrastructure development,
will be formally submitted
to the Union Rural Development
Minister, Jairam Ramesh,
during his visit two-day
visit to the State beginning
Saturday [August 11],
reports The Times of
India. |
