The bodies of 17 of the 18 security personnel missing after an encounter with Naxalites in Chhattisgarh were found at the site of the clash on Sunday. Police said that with this the number of security personnel who died in the encounter has reached 22. Police had earlier said that five security personnel were killed and 30 others were injured in fierce firing with Maoists in the jungle along the border between Bijapur and Sukma districts of Chhattisgarh on Saturday.
A senior police officer said that the bodies of 17 missing personnel have been found during the search operation on Sunday. With this, a total of 22 personnel were killed in the firing.
Some weapons of the security forces also disappeared
He said that the bodies of three soldiers killed on Saturday were also found. With this, he told that the search operation was going on in the jungle. The official said that some weapons of the security forces were also missing. The dead included personnel from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), its elite unit CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) and District Reserve Guard (DRG). But it was not confirmed how many of them were from which security force.
In a major joint offensive, separate joint teams of security forces, comprising more than two thousand personnel, launched a non-Naxal operation from Bijapur and Sukma districts in the jungles of South Bastar on Friday night, called the Maoist stronghold is considered.
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The soldiers were missing after the encounter
When the petroling squad, which came out of Tarrem, was passing through forests close to Jonaguda, about 500 km from the state capital Raipur, it was attacked by a group of Maoists, which turned into a shootout. Chhattisgarh Deputy Inspector General (Anti-Naxal Operation) OP Pal said that five security personnel were killed and 30 others were injured in the firing. He had said that some jawans, including police and paramilitary, were found missing after the encounter and efforts are on to trace them.
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