Security forces neutralise 9 Maoists in Chhattisgarh
According to police sources, an intense search operation was initiated by security forces based on intelligence
An officer of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer was killed in a gunfight with the Maoists in a dense forest in the insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Saturday.
The gunfight took place last night in Kistaram police station area when a team of CRPF’s 212th battalion was out on a search-cum-area domination operation, Deputy Inspector General of Police (South Bastar Range) Sundarraj P told PTI.
“Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Anil Kumar Maurya was killed in the incident,” he said.
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The deceased was a native of Madhya Pradesh.
Security forces have launched a combing operation in the area, located around 500 km away from the state capital Raipur, he added.
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