Chaibasa, Jan. 29 -- At least two Maoists, including a woman, were neutralized in a joint operation on Wednesday morning by police and security forces in the Sonua police station area of West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The operation also led to the recovery of weapons and other items associated with the Maoists.

Confirming the incident, Chaibasa Superintendent of Police (SP) Ashutosh Shekhar stated that a search operation is still going on in the region.

Although the identities of the deceased Maoists are yet to be officially disclosed, one of them is believed to be Sanjay Ganjhu, the zonal commander of the CPI(Maoist) organisation.

The SP had received intelligence reports indicating that an armed squad of Maoists had set up a camp...