BJP is making infiltration an election campaign plank in Santhal Parganas and Kolhan.

Five police personnel and two civilians are killed in a Maoist attack at Palamu in India’s Jharkhand. Around eight persons are injured in the attack.

Indian police claim to arrest a wanted militant of the Jama’tul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in connection to the Burdwan blast case.

Twelve Maoists are gunned down in an encounter with police in Palamau district in Jharkhand.