Happy to meet my family : CRPF jawan released by Naxals reaches home in Jammu ANI | Updated: Apr 16, 2021 23:06 IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 16 (ANI): CRPFjawanRakeshwar Singh Manhas, who was released by Naxals last week after being abducted by them during the Bijapur attack in Chhattisgarh, reached his home here on Friday. I am very happy that I am meeting my family today, Manhas, who was a part of the security force s elite CoBRA unit, said while speaking to the media. He was warmly welcomed by well-wishers, friends and family, who put garlands around his neck.
Manhas was abducted by Naxals during the Bijapur attack in Chhattisgarh on April 3 and was released on April 8.
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel
The Chhattisgarh government on Monday said the kin of the state police personnel, who were killed in an encounter with Naxals over the last weekend in the Bastar region, will be given minimum financial assistance of Rs 80 lakh.
Along with the financial assistance, one member of the family of each martyred personnel will also be entitled to compassionate appointments in government jobs, an official said.
Fourteen out of the 22 security personnel, killed in the gunfight with Naxals between Jonaguda and Tekalguda villages along the border of Sukma and Bijapur districts on Saturday, belonged to state police forces.
Chhattisgarh Naxal Attack: Some 10-12 Maoists are also believed to have been killed. (Representational)
Raipur:
Bodies of 17 security personnel were recovered from the jungles of Bijapur in Chhattisgarh, raising the number of deaths to 22 in the worst ever attack by Maoists in four years that resulted from an ambush by some 400 insurgents who surrounded the jawans from three sides in an area devoid of vegetation and rained on them machinegun fire as well as IEDs for several hours.
CRPF Director General Kuldeep Singh, who was directed by Home Minister Amit Shah to visit the state, acknowledged that his personnel were surprised and ambushed during the attack Saturday that lasted several hours. Other officials in the know of the developments said the forces may have been waylaid by the Naxals.
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Bijapur: CRPF personnel carry the coffin of a paramilitary soldier who lost his life in an encounter with Maoists, in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, Sunday, April 04, 2021.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the operation against Naxals in Chhattisgarh, in which 22 security personnel were killed, was incompetently executed and poorly designed . Our jawans are not cannon fodder to be martyred at will, Gandhi said on Twitter.
Out of the 22 fatalities in the Saturday Naxal attack in the state, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) lost eight men, including seven CoBRA commandos, while one jawan is from the Bastariya battalion, eight from the DRG and five from the Special Task Force.
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.