Patna: At least 10 paramilitary commandos were killed in a blast set off by Maoists in Bihar’s Aurangabad district on Monday night. The Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) unit launched an encounter after the IED blast killed soldiers, killing three Maoists.
“The search operation has been going on since the last two days after we had a tip off that a group of Maoists led by ‘Sandeep Ji’ of Bihar Jharkhand Special Area Committee (BJSAC) was moving there. On Monday the ultras started blasting IEDs and the security forces who went inside the jungle got trapped. They started firing indiscriminately after the blast of the IEDs,” said a senior officer.

Some arms and ammunition were also allegedly recovered from the site. However, given the bad connectivity to the location of the encounter, information has been difficult to access. The battalion was deployed in Bihar for conducting anti-Maoist operations.