Militant carrying reward of Rs 1 lakh killed in encounter in Gumla

A self-styled area commander of banned People's Liberation Front of India, a splinter group of the CPI(Maoist), carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head was killed in an encounter with police in Gumla district Friday, a senior police officer said.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team rushed to apprehend Krishna Gope, who was resting in a paddy field, Superintendent of Police, Anushuman Kumar said.

As soon as Gope saw the approaching police force, he started firing at the police forcing them to retaliate, the SP said adding Gope was killed in the firing.

Police arrested a Gope aide after the encounter, he said adding two fire-arms and live cartridges were recovered.