India, Sept. 14 -- A Maoist associated with Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) was shot dead in an encounter with a joint team of CoBRA battalion of CRPF, Jharkhand Police assault group, Jharkhand Jaguar (JJ) and Palamau district police on Sunday morning.

The encounter took place around 7am in the forest under the jurisdiction of Manatu police station area in Palamu district.

A police official aware of the incident told HT the Maoist has been identified as Mukhdev Yadav, who was carrying an award of Rs.5 lakh on his head.

"The encounter took place when security forces started a search operation targeting TSPC Commander Shashikant, who had a reward of Rs.10 lakh on his head. The encounter started after TSPC members opened fire o...