Exclusive: Soldier Recounts Chhattisgarh's 4-Hour-Long Anti-Maoist Op
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BSF Sub Inspector Ramesh Chandra Chaudhary told NDTV how his platoon received the first fire from the Maoists and, despite suffering bullet injuries, he kept directing his troops during the gun battle.
On the night of April 15, a search party from the Border Security Force (BSF) and the District Reserve Guard (DRG) were on patrol in the dense jungles of Hapatola in the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh. The personnel came from different command stations and linked up at a point to execute one of the biggest operations against Maoists in recent times.
A search and cordon operation, followed by a fierce gun battle, lasted for more than 15 hours, leaving 29 Maoists dead, including their top commander, Shankar Rao, who had a bounty of Rs 25 lakh on his head. Three personnel were injured - Two from the BSF and one from the DRG, and the operation was declared a success.
BSF Sub Inspector Ramesh Chandra Chaudhary told NDTV how his platoon was the first to be shot at by the Maoists and, despite suffering bullet injuries, he kept directing his troops during the gun battle. Sub-Inspector Chaudhary was injured during the operation.
