Pappu Lohara, top Maoist leader, among 2 killed in Jharkhand encounter

In Jharkhand’s Latehar district, security forces neutralized two key leaders of the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, a splinter Maoist group, during an operation on Saturday. Pappu Lohara, carrying a Rs 10 lakh reward, and Prabhat Ganjhu, with a Rs 5 lakh bounty, were killed in the encounter.