Ranchi, Today, in an encounter CRPF commando was killed with Naxals in the jungles of Giridih district of Jharkhand. According to officials, "the encounter took place early morning in the Hesalo-Pirtanr area of the said district. During an exchange of gunfire with Maoists a commando of CRPF's elite CoBRa unit was shot".

Commando B Harizen of the 203rd Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) has been killed in the encounter, they added.

Officials said that, one more trooper of the Central Reserve Police Force is said to be injured in the operation as per preliminary reports