Bodies of 20 jawans recovered in C'garh
Toll rises to 22; separate joint teams of security forces, comprising over 2,000 personnel, launched an anti-Naxal operation from the Bijapur and Sukma district
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Toll rises to 22; separate joint teams of security forces, comprising over 2,000 personnel, launched an anti-Naxal operation from the Bijapur and Sukma district
Terrorists attack CRPF party in Handwara of North Kashmir In a major Maoist attack last week, a total of 22 security personnel were killed and 31 injured in a fierce gun battle with a platoon of over 300 People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, officials said. Central Reserve Police Force's (CRPFs) Rakeshwar Singh Manhas from the 3.25 lakh strong paramilitary force's elite CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) unit went missing, and per latest reports, he is in the captivity of Maoists. Bijapur Superintendent of police Kamlochan Kashyap said the s...
Security agencies working to ascertain naxals claim that they abducted a CoBRA commando: Sources SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 05, 2021, 03:40 PM IST Share Synopsis 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. ANI Mortal remains of CRPF's CoBRA battalion Jawan who lost his life in an encounter with Naxals in Sukma brought to Jagdalpur on Sunday Related Security agencies are working to ascertain a claim made by naxals that they abducted ...
RAIPUR: Having been injured in the Maoist ambush, a Sikh security personnel took off his turban to tie the wounds of a fellow jawan during the encounter in the forests of Tarrem in restive Bijapur district in tribal Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. Identified as constable Balraj Singh of CRPF’s elite Commando Battalion for resolute Action (CoBRA), the commando was hit by bullet during Saturday’s Maoist attack and is presently under treatment at a hospital in state capital. As the injured jawans were struggling for help, the Sikh jawan took off his turban to tie the wounds of the fellow per...
Northlines New Delhi, April 04: Police recovered bullet-riddled bodies of 17 jawans in the jungles of Chattisgarh on Monday, raising to 22 the number of security personnel killed in a fierce gunbattle with Naxals the previous day—the biggest massacre in more than a year that also left 30 injured. Police also recovered the bodies of three jawans killed in the encounter, an official said, adding that a search operation is on in the forest. The dead include personnel from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), its elite unit CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) and the ...