Two Border Security Force (BSF) jawans were killed and four other critically wounded in an encounter with alleged Maoists in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh early on Saturday. The encounter took place in the Becha forests.
A special operation was launched from Chotibetia BSF camp at 11.45 p.m. on Friday by the parties of the 170, 122 and 165 battalions of the BSF. The BSF parties had an exchange of fire with the Maoists at around 2.25 a.m. on Saturday near Becha village. Six BSF men were injured in the encounter. They were evacuated to Raipur by a chopper. Of the six injured, two later succumbed while the other four — BSF constable Manoj Singh, Stipten Thomson , Jagdish Kumar and Bappa Devnath — are being treated at Ramkrishna Care hospital in Raipur, said a statement circulated by the police.
The deceased BSF men have been identified as Vijay Kumar and Rakesh.