22 safety personnel have misplaced their lives following the encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday. Security forces have launched an operation alongside the Sukma-Bijapur border, the place an intense face-off led to the sacrifice of troopers and left 32 others injured, with 11 jawan lacking.
2 out of 5 safety personnel who died within the assault are from CRPF. 16 out of whole of 32 injured are CRPF personnel. Officials stated a complete of 24 injured jawans have been dropped at the Bijapur hospital. At least seven have been referred to a hospital in Raipur for therapy. 7 officers who have been admitted to the hospital are out of hazard.
More than two dozen weapons have been looted by Naxals from safety personnel after the encounter.
The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel stated, “The firing between Naxals and security personnel went on for 4 hours. Naxals have suffered heavy losses. The martyrdom of our security personnel will not go in vain: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on Sukma Naxal attack.”
Union house minister Amit Shah tweeted his condolences after the gunfight. “I bow to the sacrifices of our brave security personnel martyred while fighting Maoists in Chhattisgarh. Nation will never forget their valour. My condolences are with their families. We will continue our fight against these enemies of peace & progress. May the injured recover soon,” he stated.
On Saturday, PM Narendra Modi had wished the injured jawans a speedy restoration. “My thoughts are with the families of those martyred while fighting Maoists in Chhattisgarh,” the Prime Minister had stated in a tweet.
Shah spoke to Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on the incident. Baghel tweeted that 5 personnel have been killed within the incident close to the Bijapur-Sukma border. “…My condolences are with the families of the martyrs. Their sacrifice will not go in vain.”
What occurred in Chhattisgarh?
An encounter broke out between safety forces and Naxals alongside the Sukma-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh on Saturday after a celebration of jawans was ambushed by Maoists close to Jonnaguda village round midday. The forces have been scattered and trapped alongside a two-km lengthy stretch of forest space.
This comes almost every week after the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) took three Naxals into custody for planting explosives to focus on safety forces in Sukma.
Nearly two weeks in the past 5 personnel of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) have been killed and several other injured in an IED blast, the primary main Maoist assault in Chhattisgarh this yr in Narayanpur.
