Kisenji injured, hiding in West Midnapore, claim police

Midnapore (WB), Jun 19 (PTI) Top Maoist leader Kisenji
has been injured and hiding in eastern India's West Midnapore
district along with an associate and a woman leader, police
said Saturday.
"Kisenji is hiding in the district and is injured.
His associate Bikash and woman leader Tara are hiding along
with him," district SP Manoj Verma told PTI here, in eastern
state West Bengal.
Verma, however, did not identify the exact location
where they were hiding.
Kishenji is believed to have been injured in a fierce
encounter with the joint forces at Hatiloth forest on March
25. Tara is said to have led the Maoists who raided the
Eastern Frontier Rifles camp at Sildah in the district on
February 15 that left 24 personnel dead.
Police sources Bikash and Tara had plotted to attack
a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Kathijore when
the encounter near Duli village took place on June 16 in which
eight Maoists were killed.
They said 30 Maoist suspects have been detained with
massive combing operations still underway.
"We believe that Maoists are still hiding in the areas
being combed," a source said. PTI CORR
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