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12 CRPF jawans killed

RANCHI, SEPT. 23. At least 12 jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed and nine others injured in a series of landmine explosions triggered by the MCC ultras in Auriya jungle areas under Churchur police station of extremism- racked Hazaribagh district this evening.

According to official sources here, the police had gone for a raid in the area when mines were blasted by the extremists of the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC), killing 12 CRPF jawans on the spot. Nine others received serious injuries and have been admitted to hospital.

- UNI

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