Paramilitary Force CRPF Commando Killed In Chhattisgarh Maoist Attack

When a patrolling team was out on an area domination operation near the camp, a group of Maoists opened fire, leading to a gun battle, the Inspector General said.

A commando of the CRPF's jungle warfare unit CoBRA was killed on Tuesday when Maoists opened fire near a camp of the paramilitary force in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, police said.

The incident took place between 4:30 pm to 5 pm between Dabbakonta and Pentapad villages under Chintagufa police station limits where the Central Reserve Police Force had set up a camp recently, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P told PTI.

The commando hailed from Kerala.

Personnel of the state police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Special Task Force were also stationed at the camp, located around 450 km from the capital Raipur, he said.