CRPF jawan killed in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, April 5

A CRPF jawan was killed and another injured in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh today, the police said. 

The skirmish took place in the forest near Chameda village in Dhamtari district when a joint team of CRPF’s 211 battalion and District Force (DF) was out on an anti-Naxal operation, a police official said.

He said the patrolling team, comprising nearly 50 personnel of the CRPF and 10 of the DF, had launched the operation on April 3 in the interiors of Khallari and Borai police station areas. — PTI

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