Indian security personnel killed in gunbattle with Maoists
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, Dec 25, IRNA -- A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel attached with the elite anti-Naxal battalion COBRA was killed and four others injured in a gunbattle with Maoist ultras inside a forest in Naxal-hit Purulia district of West Bengal, Saturday.
Acting on a tip off about existence of a Maoist camp at Dekai forest, securitymen of the joint force launched an operation in the area when the ultras fired at them, pti reported quoting Superintendent of Police, Purulia, Sunil Chowdhury as saying.
Five security personnel were injured in the exchange of fire, of whom one died soon after, he said, adding the injured were being taken to Kolkata in a helicopter.
The SP said there was report of a landmine explosion, but he could not confirm it at present.
Police sources said some Maoists were also injured in the gunbattle but no body was found. A search operation was on.
Earlier, on Friday one Indian security personnel was killed while another was injured in two separate Maoists attacks.
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was killed today when an IED exploded on a culvert during anti-Maoist patrolling near Saranda forest in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.
Meanwhile, a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel suffered bullet injuries when the Maoists opened fire on a bus in which the security personnel were travelling at Barasingha village in Giridih district of Jharkhand state.
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Islamic Republic News Agency/IRNA NewsCode: 30141369
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