CRPF officer killed in Naxal encounter in Chhattisgarh

June 01, 2013 18:03

A CRPF officer was today killed in an encounter with suspected Naxalites in Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh.

Assistant Commandant S K Das of the force was leading a squad of his men in the forests of Gariaband when the patrol encountered an armed Naxal squad at around 3pm.

Das succumbed to bullet injuries which he had received in his abdomen and groin region, sources said.

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