Anti-Naxal ops: 5,000 more ITBP troops to be deployed in C’garh

In order to give a boost to anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh's worst affected areas, Centre has sanctioned <g data-gr-id="8">additional</g> deployment of 5,000 troops of <g data-gr-id="6">mountain-warfare</g> trained ITBP in the state. 

 Officials said five battalions of the Sino-India border guarding force will soon take positions in Bastar, Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon and Kondagaon districts of the state which have witnessed maximum violence in the recent past in the entire Left Wing Extremism (LWE) hit areas of the country.