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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.
Chhattisgarh Naxal Encounter: CRPF Jawans Were Surprised And Ambushed After 400 Maoists Surrounded Them From 3 Sides
Chhattisgarh Naxal Encounter:Out of the total 22 fatalities, the CRPF lost eight men including seven CoBRA commandos while one jawan is from the Bastariya battalion, eight from DRG, and five from Special Task Force. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-04-05T09:12:02+05:30 Chhattisgarh Naxal Encounter: CRPF Jawans Were Surprised And Ambushed After 400 Maoists Surrounded Them From 3 Sides outlookindia.com 2021-04-05T09:23:06+05:30
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The death toll in the Chhattisgarh Naxal attack climbed to 22 after the bodies of 17 security personnel were recovered from the jungles of Bijapur. The attack on Saturday was the worst ever Naxal attack in four years by an ambush by some 400 insurgents who surrounded the jawans from three sides in an area devoid of vegetation and rained machinegun fire as well as IEDs on them for several hour