Pappu Lohra, head of the Maoist splinter group Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), and his second-in-command were killed in a gunfight with police in Latehar district. This elimination is part of an intensified crackdown on Maoists and breakaway factions in Jharkhand.
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