Rourkela: One PLFI (People’s Liberation Front of India) member was killed and two others injured in an encounter with the Jharkhand police in Theteitangar area on Odisha-Jharkhand border late on Saturday night.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of Jharkhand police raided Theteitangar area near the border of Sundergarh district. Seeing the police, the PLFI members opened fire to which the police retaliated.
During the encounter, one PLFI member was killed and two others seriously injured.
The deceased has been identified as Luthar Dang of Raebaga in Sundergarh district while the two injured members have been identified as Prafulla Kespeta and Pramod Lakra of Lefripada.
The two injured PLFI members arrested by the police were rushed to a nearby government hospital at Simdega.
Police have intensified search operation to track down the other PLFI members, sources said.
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