Two CoBRA jawans injured in gun-battle with Naxals
October 08, 2015 12:44
Two CoBRA jawans were today injured in a fierce gun-battle between security forces and Naxals in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district, police said.
The skirmish occurred in the restive Tetri forests under Bhejji police station limits when a squad of CRPF's elite battalion-CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) was carrying out an anti-naxal operation in the region, Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police, Santosh Singh, said.
A team of CoBRA's 208 battalion was mobilised from its Errabor camp this morning for the operation.
While cordoning off a forest axis near Tetri village, a group of armed cadres opened indiscriminate firing on security personnel after which they retaliated, he said.
Post the ensuing gunfight that lasted for around half-an-hour, ultras fled to the deep forests on finding security personnel zeroing on them, he said.
However, two jawans sustained minor bullet injuries in the incident, the officer added.
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