Chhattisgarh Naxal Attack: 2 Jawans Killed, 4 injured in IED Attack
The incident took place in the Tarrem area when a joint team of security personnel was returning after an anti-Naxalite operation.
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Naxalites have targeted the Anti-Naxal Operation Joint Team by blasting an IED in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. Two STF personnel of Chhattisgarh Police have been martyred due to the explosion, while four others have been badly injured. The injured soldiers were first brought to the district hospital, where considering their critical condition, they were sent to Raipur by helicopter. This incident happened on Wednesday night when the security forces had surrounded the Naxalites in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, about 300 Kilometers away. Security forces have killed 12 Naxalites in Gadchiroli Encounter.
The incident occurred in the Tarrem area when a joint team of security personnel was returning after an anti-Maoist operation in forests on the tri-junction of Bijapur-Sukma0Dantewada districts.
The team had set out on a search operation.
“On receiving intelligence about the presence of Naxals belonging to Darbha and West Bastar divisions and military company no. 2, teams of STF, DRG, COBRA, and CRPF from the said districts went on a special operation in a joint operation on July 16,” the Bijapur police said in a statement.
Late night on 17 July (Wednesday), these teams were returning from Anti-Naxal Operation. Meanwhile, Naxalites blasted a hidden pipe bomb (IED Blast in Bijapur) in the forests of Mandimarka in the Tarrem police station area of Bijapur. 6 STF soldiers were hit by the explosion (Bijapur IED Blast). The two personnel killed in the attack have been identified as Bharat Sahu, a resident of Raipur, and Satyer Singh Kange, a resident of Narayanpur district while Purushottam Nag, Komal Yadav, Siyaram Sori, and Sanjay Kumar were injured.
Meanwhile, additional security forces have been sent to the area and necessary arrangements have been made for proper treatment of the injured STF jawans, the police said.
Last month, six Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district in the biggest attack by security forces on People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army company no. 6, which is considered a pillar of the attacking force of Naxalites. The encounter occurred on June 6 near Gobel and Thulthuli villages under Orcha police station limits.
The Maoists reportedly carried a cumulative bounty of ₹38 lakh, the police said.
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