Chhattisgarh Naxal Attack: 11 CRPF Personnel Killed
Eleven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed when Naxals ambushed a road opening party of the security forces in Maoist-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said.
Five jawans were also injured in the attack that took place in the dense forests of Bhejji police station limits at 9:15 a.m. when a patrol party of CRPF's 219 battalion was out for a road opening task near Kotacheru village. 112 security personnel were part of the patrol party.
The Naxals also looted ten weapons and two radio sets from the killed men, officials said.
A senior official told PTI that the road opening party (ROP) of CRPF's 219th battalion was on an operation to ensure security to a patch on the under-construction Injram-Bhejji road, around 450 kilometers away from the state capital.
While the ROP was passing through the forests between Bhejji and Kottacheru villages, Naxals opened indiscriminate fire on them, he said.
Officials said the security personnel were first trapped in multiple improvised explosive Device (IED) blasts followed by ambush with heavy gunfire.
Additional forces have been rushed to the spot and the bodies of the deceased are being retrieved, he added.
The injured have been air lifted and brought to the CRPF field hospital in Bheji.
A special Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) team has been rushed in as a reinforcement.
Spoke to Home Minister @rajnathsingh Ji on the situation in Sukma. He is going to Sukma to take stock of the situation.
March 11, 2017The killed CRPF personnel have been identified as Inspector Jagjit Singh, Assistant Sub-inspectors HB Bhatt and Narender Kumar Singh, Head Constable PR Minde and Constables Mangesh Pal Pandey, Rampal Singh Yadav, Goraknath, Nand Kumar Patra, Satish Kumar Verma, K Shankar and Suresh Kumar.
Head Constable Jagdish Prasad Vishnoi and Constables Jaidev Parmanik and Salim are critically injured.
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