Two CAPF jawans on Guj poll duty die in clash Four Maoists killed in C’garh encounter: Police

AHMEDABAD/GANDHINAGAR: Two jawans of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF ) were killed and two others were injured after their colleague opened fire following an altercation in a village near Porbandar in Gujarat on Saturday, officials said.

Voting in Porbandar district will be held on December 1 in the first phase of polling.

The jawans were staying inside a cyclone centre in Tukda Gosa village, about 25 km from

Porbandar. Officials said rifleman Inaucha Singh opened fire from his service weapon after an argument with his colleagues. “There was some heated argument after which one of them started firing with an AK-47, killing one person on the spot. Another person died at the hospital. Two more are seriously injured and being treated at a hospital in Jamnagar,” AM Sharma, district collector and district election officer for Porbandar, said. The deceased were identified as Thoiba Singh and Jiten Singh of the 3rd Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB)

RAIPUR: Four Maoists, including two women cadres, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday, police said.

The gunfight erupted at around 7.30am in a forest near Pomra village under Mirtur police station limits.

The identity of the deceased Maoists are yet to be ascertained, the police said, adding that a search operation was underway in the area.

“Joint teams of security forces were holding an operation on the basis of inputs about the possible presence of Maoists in the area,” inspector general of police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P said in a statement.

“When a team reached near the spot where the Maoists had gathered, they started firing and after the exchange of fire stopped, the bodies of four Maoists, including two women, along with three weapons were recovered,” he added.

“We are yet to ascertain the identity of Maoists and a search operation in the nearby jungles is still going on,” he said.