15 jawans missing and 5 Death in Chhattisgarh
Around 15 members of the security personnel are missing following the encounter with Naxals in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday. “A reinforcement group rushed to the meeting place. The two-jawed bodies have as of now been recovered,” Chhattisgarh police sources said. “23 injured have been admitted to hospital in Bijapur and 7 have been admitted to hospital in Raipur,” he added.
Five members of the security personnel were killed and about 10 injured in the encounter with the Naxals in the jungles near Tarrem in the Bijapur district.
“At an encounter in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, initial reports indicate that three jawans from the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and two from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been martyred, one Naxal has also died, the meeting has begun “, had said CRPF..
On Saturday, Chhattisgarh Police Director General DM Awasthi reported that the shooting broke out when a joint team of security forces was engaged in an anti-Naxal operation.
Over the past 10 days, the Chhattisgarh security forces obtained information on the whereabouts of Madvi Hidma, a high-ranking banned CPI (Maoist) naxal who has been linked to major attacks, including the 2013 killings of Jhiram Ghati.
More than 30 people, including senior leaders of the Chhattisgarh Congress, were killed in the Jhiram Ghati Naxal attack in 2013.
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