Naxal attack: Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir pay homage to martyrs | Cricket News

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Hours after 22 safety personnel misplaced their lives within the border area at Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur and Sukma districts following a fierce gun-battle between the military troops and naxals, India cricket skipper Virat Kohli and former cricketers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir paid homage to the martyrs.  

The India skipper in a tweet mentioned termed the information as ‘completely tragic’ and wrote: “Absolutely tragic to hear about the loss of lives of our brave jawans. My condolences to the bereaved families.” 

Meanwhile, Sehwag and Gambhir additionally expressed their condolences and left emotional be aware on their respective Twitter handles. Here are the tweets: 

In a significant joint offensive, separate joint groups of safety forces, comprising over 2,000 personnel, had launched an anti-Naxal operation from Bijapur and Sukma districts within the South Bastar forests, thought-about because the Maoist stronghold, on Friday evening.

The personnel belonging to the CRPF, its elite unit CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action), the DRG and the Special Task Force (STF) had been concerned within the operation launched from 5 locations – Tarrem, Usoor and Pamed (in Bijapur), and Minpa and Narsapuram (in Sukma).

When the patrolling workforce that was dispatched from Tarrem was advancing by means of the forest close to Jonaguda, positioned round 500 km away from the state capital Raipur, it was ambushed by cadres of PLGA (Peoples’ Liberation Guerilla Army) battalion of Maoists that led to gun-battle. 

with PTI inputs 





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