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Chhattisgarh: 400 Naxals Ambushed Security Personnel With Heavy Gunfire The Maoists rained bullets from light machine guns (LMGs) and used low-intensity improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to mount the attack that went on till evening. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-04-04T16:14:26+05:30 Chhattisgarh: 400 Naxals Ambushed Security Personnel With Heavy Gunfire outlookindia.com 2021-04-04T16:17:30+05:30 Also read According to official sources, a group of an estimated 400 Maoists had ambushed security personnel who were part of a large contingent deployed for a special ...

Source: Highlights A search operation was underway on Sunday to trace 18 security personnel who went missing after a fierce gun-battle with Naxals in a forest in Chhattisgarh. At least 5 security personnel were killed, 30 injured in the 3-hour-long encounter that took place on Saturday afternoon. Raipur: A search operation was underway on Sunday to trace 18 security personnel who went missing after a fierce gun-battle with Naxals in a forest along the border of Bijapur-Sukma districts in Chhattisgarh, police said. At least five security personnel were killed and 30 others injured in the three...

The deceased included personnel from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), its elite unit CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) and the District Reserve Guard (DRG).

A group of an estimated 400 Maoists, armed with LMGs, had ambushed security forces deployed for a special operation, killing at least 22 personnel and injuring 30 others, besides decamping with over a dozen sophisticated arms, officials said

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tribute to the security personnel martyred in the encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh.