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Chhattisgarh Naxal encounter live: 2 DRG personnel injured and evacuated by Indian Air Force, search ops on

Two DRG Personnel Have Been Injured In The Ongoing Encounter Between Security Forces And Naxals In Chhattisgarh's Bijapur. The Encounter, Which Became Around Noon, Comes Almost A Month After Over 25 CRPF Men Lost Their Lives In An Ambush By Maoists In Suka District.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Ashish Ranjan | Updated on: 14 May 2017, 04:29:26 PM
Chhattisgarh Naxal encounter: 2 DRG personnel injured and evacuated by Indian Air Force, search ops on (ANI Image)

New Delhi:

Two DRG personnel have been injured in the ongoing encounter between security forces and Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur. The encounter, which became around noon, comes almost a month after over 25 CRPF men lost their lives in an ambush by Maoists in Suka district.  

The injured soldiers have been airlifted by Indian Air Force to Raipur, where they have been admitted in Ramakrishna Hospital.

The search operation is currently going on. More details are awaited on this.

The deadly assault occurred around 12:25 PM in Kalapathar area of south Bastar region, one of the worst-hit by Naxalite violence.

 

 


Also read: Chhattisgarh: Naxal killed in fire exchange with police in Bijapur district

Also read: 25 CRPF jawans killed in deadly Naxal attack in Sukma: Here's how it happened

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First Published : 14 May 2017, 12:46:00 PM

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