A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Sub-Inspector (SI) was killed, while a constable of the force sustained injuries, in a gun battle with Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma, the police said. Sukma is at a distance of about 430 km from State capital Raipur.
This is the third incident of Maoist violence reported in less than a week, even as the newly sworn-in BJP government has said that there was little room left for talks the left wing extremists, who are active in the Bastar region and in areas along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border.
According to the police, the incident took place at 7 a.m., when a team of the CRPF Battalion 165 headed from the Bedre police camp in the Jagargunda jurisdiction for an anti-Naxal operation. When the team was headed towards Ursangal, Maoists allegedly opened fire while taking cover in a densely forest area of that stretch.
