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Three cops, two Maoist rebels killed in Jharkhand
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NewsByte on 26 April, 2008 10:02:00
 
Ranchi: Three policemen and two Maoist rebels were killed in a fierce gun battle
in Jharkhand today, the police said in Ranchi. According to the police, Maoist
rebels ambushed police vehicles on long range patrolling near Pokharia village
of Dumka district, around 460 kilometres from Ranchi on Saturday morning.
In the ensuing gun battle, which lasted nearly three hours, three policemen,
including officer-in-charge of Shikaripara police station Shamsad Ansari, were
killed. The police claimed to have gunned down two rebels and captured one. This
is the first gun battle between the Maoists and the security personnel in Dumka
district. The area was earlier considered free from rebel activity. Maoists are
active in 18 of 24 districts of the state. (IANS)