An area commander of the banned Maoist splinter group, People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), carrying a bounty of ₹15 lakh on his head, was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said on Wednesday (August 6, 2025).
The exchange of fire broke out between PLFI members and security personnel around 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday (August 6) in the Changabadi Upartoli area under the Kamdara Police Station limits when forces were carrying out a search operation, a senior officer said.
