Six policemen killed in Naxal ambush in Chhattisgarh
1 March 2014 12:36 AM GMT
Naxals also torched vehicles of the police personnel and looted their weapons before fleeing the spot, they said.
The incident took place when a police patrol party headed by SHO Kuwakonda, Vivek Shukla was on its way to Shyamgiri Hills for security of an under-construction road near Kuwakonda-Bacheli (located around 450 kms from Raipur),’ Additional Director General of Police (Naxal Operation) R K Vij told a news agency.
The patrol team comprising 12 police personnel was moving on six motorcycles in Shyamagiri hills region, which lies at around 5 kms from Kuwakonda police station, when about 100 armed rebels opened indiscriminate firing on them, resulting in the death of the Sub-Inspector rank state police official Shukla and four other policemen on the spot, Vij said.
The other martyrs were identified as Chhavilal Kashi, Sandeep Sahu, Dhaneshwar Mandavi, Navalksihore Shandiya (all constables), the ADG said.
The injured -- constable Pushpendra Kumar, assistant constable Pardeshi Ram and constable BhagirathiMandavi -- were being airlifted to Raipur for treatment, Vij said. Four other police personnel have returned to their fold safely.
Before fleeing from the spot, naxals set ablaze three motorcycles and looted one AK-47, two SLR and a Insas rifle from the policemen, he said.
Soon after getting the news of the attack, reinforcement was rushed to the spot. As per initial information, 6-7 personnel were killed in the incident, the ADG said.
However, when additional forces reached the spot they confirmed five deaths and missing report of a jawan Lachhuram Bhogami who later reached the police station safely, he added.
Security forces were pressed into an intense search operation in the region to trace the attackers, he added.
CM Raman Singh condemns attack
Raipur: Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh has strongly condemned the Naxal attack on police force on Friday at South Bastar (Dantewada) district of state. The chief minister has expressed profound grief for sub-inspector Vivek Shukla and other police personnel of state police force, who were martyred while braving the Naxal attack. Singh has deeply empathised with the grieve-stricken families of martyrs, and has expressed condolences on behalf of people of the state.
The incident took place when a police patrol party headed by SHO Kuwakonda, Vivek Shukla was on its way to Shyamgiri Hills for security of an under-construction road near Kuwakonda-Bacheli (located around 450 kms from Raipur),’ Additional Director General of Police (Naxal Operation) R K Vij told a news agency.
The patrol team comprising 12 police personnel was moving on six motorcycles in Shyamagiri hills region, which lies at around 5 kms from Kuwakonda police station, when about 100 armed rebels opened indiscriminate firing on them, resulting in the death of the Sub-Inspector rank state police official Shukla and four other policemen on the spot, Vij said.
The other martyrs were identified as Chhavilal Kashi, Sandeep Sahu, Dhaneshwar Mandavi, Navalksihore Shandiya (all constables), the ADG said.
The injured -- constable Pushpendra Kumar, assistant constable Pardeshi Ram and constable BhagirathiMandavi -- were being airlifted to Raipur for treatment, Vij said. Four other police personnel have returned to their fold safely.
Before fleeing from the spot, naxals set ablaze three motorcycles and looted one AK-47, two SLR and a Insas rifle from the policemen, he said.
Soon after getting the news of the attack, reinforcement was rushed to the spot. As per initial information, 6-7 personnel were killed in the incident, the ADG said.
However, when additional forces reached the spot they confirmed five deaths and missing report of a jawan Lachhuram Bhogami who later reached the police station safely, he added.
Security forces were pressed into an intense search operation in the region to trace the attackers, he added.
CM Raman Singh condemns attack
Raipur: Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh has strongly condemned the Naxal attack on police force on Friday at South Bastar (Dantewada) district of state. The chief minister has expressed profound grief for sub-inspector Vivek Shukla and other police personnel of state police force, who were martyred while braving the Naxal attack. Singh has deeply empathised with the grieve-stricken families of martyrs, and has expressed condolences on behalf of people of the state.
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