Assistant Commandant Among 2 ITBP Personnel Killed In Maoist Attack

Sundarraj P, Inspector General of Police for Bastar range, said the Maoists took away an AK-47 rifle, two bulletproof jackets and a wireless set.

Two personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), including an Assistant Commandant, were killed in a Maoist attack at Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh today. Sundarraj P, Inspector General of Police for the Bastar range, said the attack took place around noon when a squad of ITBP's 45th battalion was on an area domination exercise. About 600 metres from the Kademata camp of the 45th battalion, the Maoists opened fire at the ITBP squad, Mr Sundarraj said. He added that Assistant Commandant Sudhakar Shinde, from Nanded district in Maharashtra, and Assistant Sub-Inspector Gurmukh Singh, who hailed from Raikot in Punjab, were killed in the firing.