Gaya (Bihar): An encounter was taking
place between CRPF's elite Cobra battalion and a group of
heavily armed Maoists at the former's camp at a referral
hospital in Dumaria police station in Bihar's Gaya district
tonight, a police official said.
Heavily armed Maoist guerrillas gathered outside the
Cobra battalion camp around 8.30 pm and fired on the security
forces who fired to retaliate, Magadh range DIG, N Hasnaian
Khan said.
Encounter between Maoists and CRPF jawans was still
going on, he said. There was no report of injuries or
casualties from either side, Khan said.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, December 04, 2011, 22:57