Security agencies working to ascertain naxals claim that they abducted a CoBRA commando: Sources
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Last Updated: Apr 05, 2021, 03:40 PM IST
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A top officer in the security establishment said that they have reasons to believe that this claim, made over phone on Sunday evening to a journalist based in Bijapur by a purported Maoist group, is true.
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Security agencies are working to ascertain a claim made by naxals that they abducted a CoBRA commando after the ambush in Chhattisgarh on Saturday that left at least 22 security personnel dead, official sources said.
UPDATED: April 5, 2021 10:05 IST
CRPF personnel carry the coffin of a jawan who was killed in the encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh (Dharmendar Sharma/India Today)
At least 22 security personnel were killed and 31 suffered serious injuries following an exchange of fire between forces and Naxals in Chhattisgarh s Bijapur. One soldier is still believed to be missing in the worst Naxal attack in four years.
Chhattisgarh Police said in a statement that at least 12 Maoists were killed and 16 injured in the gun battle following the ambush. The security forces were ambushed by around 400 Naxals, who surrounded the jawans from three sides and opened fire.
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The minister, who is on a visit to Chhattisgarh, made the comment after paying tributes to the 22 security personnel who were killed by naxals in the state on Saturday. Paid tributes to the brave security personnel who were martyred while fighting the naxalites at Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh, he said in a tweet in Hindi.
Jawans Walked Into Maoists U-Shaped Trap Based On Faulty Intel: Sources Chhattisgarh Maoist Attack: Once one of the teams reached the spot, some 400 Maoists encircled the security personnel from three sides.
Updated: April 05, 2021 11:23 am IST
Bijapur Naxal Attack: Over 30 personnel were injured in the line of duty on Saturday.
Raipur:
The security forces that were ambushed by Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh on Saturday were acting on what is now being viewed as faulty intelligence. They had received inputs about the presence of two of their top leaders Madvi Hidma, the People s Liberation Guerrilla Army s (PLGA) battalion number 1 commander, and Sujatha, an associate in the Jagargunda-Jonaguda-Tarrem belt. It turned out to be a trap, sources now say.