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(Reuters) - India’s Home Minister Amit Shah cut short an election rally in the east on Monday to head to the mineral-rich central state of Chhattisgarh, where Maoist guerillas at the weekend killed 22 security force members, officials said.
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In addition to the fatalities, 30 other members of the Indian police and paramilitary forces were wounded in a four-hour gun battle with Maoist rebels on Saturday, the deadliest ambush of its kind in four years.
On Monday, Shah travelled to Chhattisgarh to meet the injured pay tribute to those killed.
Also known as Naxals, the Maoists have waged an armed insurgency against the government for decades. Their leaders say they are fighting on behalf of the poorest, who have not benefited from the economic boom in Asia’s third-largest economy.
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Chhattisgarh Encounter: All you need to know about the Naxal attack that left 22 jawans martyred
Director-General of CRPF Kuldiep Singh said that there was absolutely no intelligence or operational failure in the operation.
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Apr 5, 2021, 04:56 PM IST
Tragedy struck our security forces on Saturday (April 3) when atleast 22 jawans got martyred and 31 were wounded in deadly four-hour encounter with Naxals along the border between Bijapur and Sukma districts in Chhattisgarh.
A “U-type” ambush was carried out by maoists in Bijapur district after luring security personnel into a trap with the input of the possible presence of a top Maoist commander, an official by quoted as saying by HT.
Chhattisgarh naxal attack: Telangana cops on alert, step up combing operations
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Last Updated: Apr 05, 2021, 03:13 PM IST
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Synopsis We are alert and regular combing operations are going on. In view of the (Chhattisgarh naxal attack), combing has been intensified and security has been beefed up in areas (near the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border), a senior police official told PTI.
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Telangana police has sounded an alert and intensified combing operations and beefed up security in the bordering areas of the state in the wake of killing of 22 security personnel by Naxals in an ambush in neighbouring Chhattisgarh.
The Telangana police have mounted vigil particularly in Bhadradri Kothagudem and Mulugu districts, a senior police official said on Monday.