Chhattisgarh A six-month-old girl died and her mother was injured in ‘cross firing’ during an encounter with Naxalites in Naxal-affected Bijapur district on Monday. Meanwhile, two soldiers have also been injured in the encounter.
Naxalites opened fire on patrolling soldiers
Police officials said that the security forces were sent for patrolling in Gangalur police station area of Chhattisgarh and when the team’s soldiers were near Mutwandi village, the Naxalites started firing on them, after which the soldiers also retaliated. Police officials said that a six-month-old girl of Mutwandi village died in ‘cross firing’ during the encounter between security forces and Naxalites at around 5 pm near Mutwandi village under Gangalur police station area of the district. I have been shot. He told that two DRG soldiers were also injured in the encounter.
Search operation by DRG and Central Reserve Police Force personnel continues
Police officials said that after the incident, the Additional Superintendent of Police and police force personnel of the district immediately reached to help the victim’s family. He told that the injured woman has been admitted to the hospital for treatment. Officials said that Bhairamgarh Area Committee Secretary Chandranna and some members of Area Committee member Mangali’s team have been reported injured in the encounter. Police officials said that after the incident, DRG and Central Reserve Police Force personnel are on a search operation in the surrounding area.
3,000 CAPF personnel will be sent from Odisha to Chhattisgarh to end Naxalism.
As part of the strategy to intensify operations against the Maoists in their last strongholds, three battalions of more than 3,000 personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) will go from Odisha to Chhattisgarh and an equal number of units of the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will go to Chhattisgarh to combat Naxalism. Garh will go to the interior areas of Abujhmad. The Home Minister had said on December 1, forces like BSF, CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) and ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) are giving the final blow against LWE (Left Wing Extremism). We are committed to eliminate Naxalism in the country.