5 CoBRA Commandos Injured In Gunfight With Maoists In Jharkhand

The injured security personnel have been airlifted to a hospital in Ranchi, and their condition is stated to be stable, the official said.

Five commandos of a battalion of CRPF's jungle warfare unit CoBRA were on Thursday injured in a gun-battle with activists of the banned CPI (Maoist) in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said.

Three jawans suffered bullet injuries while two others had splinter injuries, SP Ashutosh Shekhar told PTI.

The injured security personnel have been airlifted to a hospital in Ranchi, and their condition is stated to be stable, he said.

Mr Shekhar said several Maoists were also injured in the gunfight that broke out in a forest in Tonto area, after the red rebels opened fire on approaching security personnel, who were undertaking a search operation.