How did this attack unfold. Were these soldiers attacked unawares ? The bodies do not have any shoes, weaponry (one of them has a water bottle next to him) no body armour.. Does someone have the story of how the attack happened ?
The Policemen were ambushed by the Commie Bastards during the operation in the jungle. I am pretty sure they didn’t have Adequate intelligence on the strength And Number of the enemies in the area. The shoes, clothes, weapons And other Equipment might have been either captured By the Commie Terrorists or recovered by Allied Forces when looking for the bodies of the Martyred Soldiers.
17 jawans go missing after encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Sukma; search underway
Sukma | Jagran News Desk: As many as 17 security personnel of the Chhattisgarh’s police have gone missing after a deadly encounter with Naxals in forests of the state's insurgency-hit Sukma district on Sunday.
The STF District Reserve Group (DRG) and Cobra Battalion has launched a search operation in the district to locate the 13 jawans who went missing after an encounter with the Naxals.
"Search operation by STF DRG and CoBRA Battalion for 13 jawans re-launched today morning," Chhatisgarh Director General of Police DM Awasthi said, as reported by news agency ANI.
Chhatisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that several of the Naxals were killed in the encounter, adding that 17 jawans are missing.
A furious encounter had begun between the security forces and the Naxals on Saturday. 15 of the paramilitary jawans were injured, three of them critically, during an encounter. The injured jawans were airlifted to a hospital in Raipur, the police said.
The encounter took place around 2.30 pm near Korajguda hills in Chintagufa area when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-naxal operation, he said.
Personnel of the police's District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force and CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) had launched the operation from Chintagufa, Burkapal and Timelwada camps based on information about presence of ultras near Elmagunda, he said.
When the team was advancing through Korajguda hills near Elmagunda, located around 450 km from the state capital Raipur, firing broke out between the two sides, he said.
"Based on ground inputs, it is believed at least four to five naxals might have been killed and an equal numberinjured as security forces retaliated strongly," the official said.
"Fourteen personnel sustained injuries. They have been airlifted to Raipur and admitted at a private hospital where the condition of two of them was said to be critical," an official statement said later at night.
"So far there is no report of death of any personnel in the encounter. However, at least 13 jawans could not be contacted after the encounter. Around 150 security personnel are still out in the forest," it added