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CRPF officer killed in Maoist attack in Bihar

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IANS Patna

A CRPF officer was killed Friday in a Maoist attack in

Bihar's Jamui district, police said.

Deputy commandant of CRPF's seventh battalion H.N. Jha was killed in the attack. "Jha died on the spot after bullet hit his head," district police officer Ram Nath Tiwari said.

The attack took place near Khaira forest in Jamui when a team of Central Reserve

Police Force (CRPF) troopers was patrolling the area.

The CRPF team arrested four Maoist guerrillas including a woman after the incident and seized arms and ammunition.

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First Published: Jul 04 2014 | 1:24 PM IST

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