The shooting that broke out in the Terram jungles along the borders of the Bijapur and Sukma districts also resulted in the death of a suspected Maoist, authorities said.
Reported by Ritesh Mishra | Written by Prashasti Singh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED APRIL 4, 2021 11:52 AM IST
Up to 24 bodies were found at the scene of the shooting that broke out between security forces and Maoists in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Saturday. While 32 soldiers were injured, 1 was reported missing. Bijapur Police Superintendent Kamalochan Kashyap confirmed the number of victims.
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The shooting that broke out in the Terram jungles along the borders of the Bijapur and Sukma districts also resulted in the death of a suspected Maoist, authorities said.
“There is a lack of security personnel and a search operation is underway. Of the five staff members, who lost their lives on Saturday, we have recovered the bodies of two and three are still in the jungle, ”said DM Awasthi, Director General of Chhattisgarh Police.
Hours earlier, a senior police official said the operation to find the missing soldiers was underway and the number of victims was likely to rise. “The death toll could increase in the next few hours. Evacuation teams have been sent into the jungles, ”he said.
On March 23, five commanders of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) were killed while fourteen others were injured in explosions in series with IEDs after suspected Maoists attacked the bus carrying them in the Narayanpur district of the Narayanpur region. Be enough.
In a similar incident on March 21 last year, 17 security personnel, including 12 from the DRG, were killed in a Maoist ambush in the region’s Sukma district.
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