Maoists kills 2 policemen on eve of Independence Day in Jharkhand | Ranchi News – Times of India
Sub-inspector Amit Tiwary and constable Gautam Kumar had set off for Saranda, around 140km from state capital Ranchi, with a joint contingent of state and central forces assigned to pursue leads on the movements of Maoist central committee member Misir Besra, the outfit’s top commander in the state.
SI killed by Maoists had become a dad just 3 days ago
As per residents of the Tumbahaka forest region in Jharkhand where two cops were killed in an encounter with Maoists late Monday, the deaths took place when armed insurgents raided a Jharkhand Jaguar camp in the area, reports.
Among the dead, SI Amit Tiwary, a 2012 batch officer hailing from Palamu, had become a father just three days ago. Constable Gautam Kumar, who also died, was a native of Bihar who had been recruited to Jharkhand Police on compassionate grounds after his father’s death. A gunfight between the Maoist and one of the teams inside a forest in the Tumbahaka-Sarjomburu region led to the duo being fatally wounded, West Singhbhum SP Ashutosh Shekharsaid. He dismissed as rumours initial reports of the two cops being beheaded by the Maoists.
“Combing operations are continuing in the region,” the police headquarters said. “The joint offensive is being conducted by Chaibasa police along with two battalions of CoBRA 209 and 203, Jharkhand Jaguar, and eight battalions of CRPF.Besides Besra, security forces have information about the presence of other senior Maoist leaders, including Ramesh, alias Anal Da, Ajay Mahto, Anmol Mochu, Chaman Kande, Sagen Angaria and Ashwin, in the Saranda forests, sources said.
On August 11, havildar Sushant Kumar Khuntia was killed in an ambush by Maoists in that area. Police later found a bunker with a cache of arms and ammunition suspected to have been left behind by the Maoist squad accompanying Besra. The bodies of SI Tiwari and constable Gautam were handed over to their families on Tuesday evening after governor C P Radhakrishnan and CM Hemant Soren laid wreaths on them at the Jharkhand Jaguar headquarters in Ranchi’s Tendergram. “Jharkhand Police shall avenge the ghastly attack by Maoists. The sacrifice of our policemen won’t go in vain,” he said.
