Information About Incident 58083-115300-292142 in West Midnapore India

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Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were on October 1 seriously injured after being shot at by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres during a combing operation in the forests of West Midnapore District, reports The Times of India.

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• Meta Location: West Midnapore
• Matched District: West Midnapore
• Actgroup: attack
• Actor: by the Communist Party of India - Maoist ( CPI-M aoist ) cadres
• Subject: Two Central Reserve Police Force ( CRPF ) troopers

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Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were on October 1 seriously injured after being shot at by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres during a combing operation in the forests of West Midnapore District, reports The Times of India. District Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunil Chowdhury said that joint Security Forces (SFs) were involved in a fierce gun battle with the Maoists in Goaltore area's Metla forest since last night during which R L Reddy and Bijoy Mahalakshmi were shot at in the morning. Police suspect that some Maoists have also been injured in the exchange of gun fire.

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