Sukma Naxal attack: Here is the list of jawans who lost their lives
The Naxalites Mounted The Assault Around 12:25 PM In Kalapathar Area Of South Bastar Region, One Of The Worst-hit By Left-wing Extremism In The Country.
At least 25 CRPF personnel were killed and six wounded in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Monday, the deadliest attack by naxalites targeting security forces this year.
Hera are the names of martyred jawans-
Names of 25 CRPF Martyrs-
1. Inspector Raghubir Singh
2. Sub Inspector K.K. Das
3. Asst Sub Inspector Sanjay Kumar
4. Asst Sub Inspector Rameswar Lal
5. Asst Sub Inspector Naresh Kumar
6. Head Constable Surender Kumar
7. Head Constable Banna Ram
8. Head Constable L.P. Singh
9. Head Constable Naresh Yadav
10. Head Constable Padmanabhan
11. Constable Saurabh Kumar
12. Constable Abhay Mishra
13. Constable Banmali Ram
14. Constable N.P. Sonkar
15. Constable K.K. Pandey
16. Constable Vinay Chandra Burman
17. Constable P. Alagupandi
18. Constable Abhay Kumar
19. Constable N. Senthil Kumar
20. Constable N. Thirumurgan
21. Constable Ranjit Kumar
22. Constable Ashish Singh
23. Constable Manoj Kumar
24. Constable Anup Karmakar
25. Constable Ram Mehar (at Raipur)
The naxalites mounted the assault around 12:25 PM in Kalapathar area of south Bastar region, one of the worst-hit by Left-wing extremism in the country.
The area is close to the Chintagufa-Burkapal-Bheji axis, such attacks the hotbed of naxal violence which has seen asuch attacksin the past resulting in high casualties.
"As per the latest report, we have lost 25 men. We arestill to account for all the personnel and a search is on.About 7-8 boys are still missing. The last word on theencounter will come once the entire area has been searched andall troops contacted," a senior CRPF officer said, adding theparamilitary patrol was about 99 personnel-strong. (With PTI Inputs)
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