One district havildar and two jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force's Combat Battalions for Resolute Action (CoBRA) were killed in a Naxal attack in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district on Saturday, the police said.
The incident took place between 8.30 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. in Makadchuha village in Gadchiroli taluka. The police said the Naxals fired at a patrolling party. Havildar Pardeshi Sukudi Devangaon died in the firing. Jawans Chandrashekhar Suresh Kore of Wardha (28) and Yasin Mohammad of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir also succumbed to their injuries.
Another jawan Chandan Nath Shirish Kumar and police sub-inspector Vitthal Pawar were also injured.