CRPF’s CoBRA Commando, Cop Killed in Naxal Encounter in Jharkhand

The joint team of the commando team and the Jharkhand police was out for an operation, officials said.

CoBRA Commandos. Image used for representation.

(Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons)

A CoBRA commando of the CRPF and a policeman were killed during an encounter with Naxals in Jharkhand's Saraikela area on Wednesday, 7 June, officials told PTI.

Commando Utpal Rabha (27), hailing from Meghalaya's North Garo Hills district, was killed during the encounter, while a state police personnel succumbed to injuries, the PTI report added.

The encounter took place in Saraikela, the administrative headquarters of Saraikela- Kharsawan district, around 135 km from the state capital.

Commando Utpal Rabha (27) was killed during the encounter.(Photo courtesy: CRPF)

The gunbattle commenced around 7 am in the Dalbhaga-Arki area of Saraikela-Kharsawan district when a joint team of the 209th Battalion of the CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) and the Jharkhand Police was out for an operation, they said.

We have sent a helicopter to rescue 2 security personnel who are critically injured. We are waiting for more details.

RK Mallick, ADG Jharkhand Police on Saraikela encounter to ANI

Though the firing has concluded, the search operation is still on, ANI reported.

(With inputs from PTI, ANI.)