Jhargram (WB), September 25: A CRPF personnel and a Maoist were killed in an encounter between the joint forces and rebels at Bandarboni and Cheraboni areas near Jhargram town of West Midnapore district.
The encounter which began last night was still continuing.
Police said the joint force surrounded Bandarboni, Cheraboni and Tetuldanga areas last night after getting a tip-off that Maoists had taken shelter in those areas after triggering a series of violent incidents in Jhargram recently.
As the joint force approached the areas, they were fired upon by the Maoists, to which they retaliated, the police said.
During a search operation today, the joint force recovered the bullet-ridden body of a CRPF personnel and a Maoist from Bandarboni. They were yet to be identified, the police said.
Arms were also recovered from the spot.
–PTI