Three security personnel were injured during anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh’
Two jawans were from CRPF battalion 231 and Sukma DRG while third one from DRG
New Delhi, February 5
Three security personnel were injured during anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.
Personnel of District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were carrying out an operation after getting information about the presence of Maoists in the area.
The two jawans were from CRPF battalion 231 and Sukma DRG. Another jawan from the Dantewada DRG stepped on a spike hole trap and suffered injuries, Police informed.
This came a day after Maoists allegedly murdered two residents of Budgicheru village in the district.
During the operation, one of the jawans stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED), triggering an explosion in which he and another jawan were injured.
In January this year, as many as 36 IEDs have either been detected and defused or exploded and injured jawans in Bijapur, a senior official said.
A day before this incident, in a separate incident, Maoists murdered two village residents after branding them police informers.
The police stated that incident took place in Budgicheru. The dead were identified as Karm Raju Bare, 32, from Talab Para and Madvi Munna, 27, from Nayapara. Their bodies were found on Tuesday with their throats slit.
