The incident took place between 4 pm and 4.30 pm on the Gangaloor-Padeda road when the MLA's convoy was returning to Bijapur city area from a visit to a village in Gangaloor tehsil.
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.
In a major Maoist attack this year, at least 22 security personnel were killed and 20 more injured in a fierce gun battle with a platoon of over 300 People s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) in Chhattisgarh s Bijapur, officials said.