CRPF jawans shot in the back, two dead
April 09, 2014  12:54
Update on the Naxal attack at Chhattisgarh.

PTI puts the figure of fatalities to two, not three.

Naxals today killed two commandos of CRPF's CoBRA battalion and injured five other troopers in ambush attacks in two districts of the state.

In the first incident that occurred in Sukma district of the state, Naxals opened heavy fire on a patrol of the specialised anti-Naxal operations force CoBRA that was coming back after escorting a polling party which has reached the Maoist stronghold as part of the polls scheduled tomorrow.

Officials said a strong squad of about 100 Naxals surrounded the party from three sides, leading to the killing of two commandos while three others were injured.

"The troops were hit on the back. They were killed as they received bullet injuries while on their way back," a senior official said.

The incident comes at a time when the forces are at their maximum alert. A joint column of CRPF, state police and commandos on a helicopter have been launched in the area, the official said, adding a "cordon and search" operation has been launched.

"We are alive to every possibility and we will conduct the polls peacefully," a senior security official monitoring the security forces deployment in Delhi said.
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