Bankura (WB), February 25: A police officer and a Maoist guerrilla were killed in an encounter between security forces and the extremists in West Bengal’s Bankura district, police said today.
The incident took place yesterday at Sarenga area in the district when a team of police and joint forces rushed to the spot on getting information that a group of armed Maoists had raided the home of CPI-M leader and panchayat member Tarashankar Patra, SP Vishal Garg told PTI.
Another team of joint forces from Lalgarh also arrived there and a gun battle ensued in which Inspector-in-Charge of Sarenga police station Rabi Lochan Mitra and a Maoist identified as Dule were killed, the SP said.
Patra and an extremist identified as Mithun were injured in the incident, Garg said.
DGP Bhupinder Singh said Mitra would be recommended for a posthumous gallantry award.
–Agencies