Bijapur Encounter: Eight security personnel were killed and around 18 are still missing.
Raipur:
At least 22 security personnel have been killed in the line of duty after an encounter on Saturday with Maoists in Chhattisgarh s Bijapur district, about 400 km from state capital Raipur. A member of the security group is still missing.
On Sunday morning, Director General (Naxal Operations) of Chhattisgarh Police Ashok Juneja said the number of deaths have increased to eight; yesterday five security personnel had died in action.
On Saturday, separate joint teams of security forces, with over 2,000 personnel, launched a major operation from Bijapur and Sukma districts in the South Bastar forests, considered a Maoist stronghold. At around 12 noon, the Maoists laid an ambush, leading to an encounter that lasted for three hours.
Assam s Bablu Rabha among Five jawans martyred fighting Maoists in Chhattisgarh
The jawan identified as Bablu Rabha, belonged to the elite unit of CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action).
| 4 April 2021 6:43 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: A CRPF Jawan from Assam s Dudhnoi attained martyrdom on Saturday in an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh along the borders of Bijapur and Sukma districts in Bastar region.
The jawan identified as Bablu Rabha, belonged to the elite unit of CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action).
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in a tweet expressed his condolences to the bereaved family. Heartfelt tributes to CRPF jawan from Assam s Dudhnoi, Bablu Rabha, who attained martyrdom while bravely fighting against the Maoists in Chhattisgarh. The whole nation stands behind the bereaved family of Swahid Bablu Rabha in this hour of extreme grief. My sincere condolences, he tweeted.