India police: Gunbattle kills 5 troops, Maoist rebel

PATNA, India (AP) – Indian security forces, acting on intelligence, raided a Maoist rebel hideout in the forests of the eastern Chhattisgarh state on Saturday, triggering a gunbattle that killed five paramilitary troops and one rebel, the state’s police said.

Senior police officer D.M. Awasthi said hundreds of police and …

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