SAA event in Jharkhand, West Singhbhum District area, India on Mon 6th December 2021

A gun-battle took place between the Police and the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on December 6, reports The Tribune. However, no injuries were reported in the gunfight that happened in a forest near Takub village in Bandgaon Police Station area on December 6, Superintendent of Police (SP), Ajay Linda said. Acting on a tip-off about the movement of PLFI self-styled 'area commander' Santosh Kandulana and his squad, a team of District Armed Police (DAP), Jharkhand Jaguar (JJ) and Small Action Team (SAT) launched a search operation, the SP said, adding, however, the Maoists made a hasty retreat from the spot, leaving behind some daily-use items.