Overview

• The deceased was identified as Amit Hansda, also known as Aptan, a self-styled CPI(Maoist) zonal commander carrying a Rs 10 lakh reward, according to IG Michael Raj S.
• Officials said the encounter began around 6 a.m. at Burjuwa Hill under Goilkera police station in West Singhbhum’s Saranda forest.
• Police reported seizing an SLR rifle, explosives and other weapons from the site, as stated by Chaibasa SP Paras Rana.
• Security forces launched extended combing operations in the surrounding forest to locate additional cadres, and searches are continuing.
• The incident follows a September 3 exchange of fire in Palamu in which two policemen were killed and another critically injured in an operation against TSPC militants.