Two CoBRA commandos injured in encounter with Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
The Hindu
Two commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force’s jungle warfare unit CoBRA were injured in an encounter between security forces and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.
Two commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force's jungle warfare unit CoBRA were injured in an encounter between security forces and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on May 22.
Two-three Naxalites also received bullet injuries in the gunfight which took place at around 8 p.m. on Sunday in Bijapur, located around 400 km from the State capital Raipur, they said.
A joint team of the District Reserve Guard and the CRPF's Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) launched a search operation from Pusnar camp on Sunday evening after getting information about an improvised explosive device (IED) planted between Pusnar and Hiroli villages under Gangaloor police station limits, an official said.
At around 8 p.m., the gun battle broke out between the security personnel and Naxalites in the area.
After a brief exchange of fire, Naxalites escaped into the dense forest, he said.
Constables Nakul and Mohammad Shahid, belonging to CoBRA's 202nd battalion, suffered from injuries on their hands and legs in the face-off, the official said.
They were were shifted to the Bijapur district hospital and their condition was stated to be out of danger, he said.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.