Two DRG personnel injured in encounter betweeen naxals and CRPF in Chhattisgarh

May 14, 2017 01:51 pm | Updated 02:00 pm IST - Raipur

In this file image security personnel are engaged in combing operation in Chhattisgarh. (Image for representational purpose only)

In this file image security personnel are engaged in combing operation in Chhattisgarh. (Image for representational purpose only)

Two personnel of the District Reserve Group (DRG) were on Sunday injured in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.

Officials said the encounter took place at about 10:00 a.m. near the forests of Timarpur-Basaguda axis in the said district when a security squad led by the CoBRA commandos of the CRPF had an exchange of fire with Maoists in the area.

“Two DRG personnel of Chhattisgarh police have been injured in the encounter and are being air-evacuated. The firing is still on,” a senior officer said.

The CoBRA team, a special guerrilla and jungle warfare force of the CRPF, and other troops are still undertaking the operation and more details are awaited, they said.

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