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BSF head constable killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh

PTI | By, Raipur
Apr 13, 2015 01:54 PM IST

Maoists attacked a BSF team killing a jawan in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Kanker district, striking for the third time since Saturday.

Maoists attacked a BSF team killing a jawan in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Kanker district, striking for the third time since Saturday.

A group of ultras opened indiscriminate firing on security personnel who were carrying out patrolling in the proximity of Chhote Baithiya BSF camp under Bande police station area late Sunday night, Kanker superintendent of police Jitendra Singh Meena told PTI.

A gunbattle erupted between security forces and ultras and the rebels soon fled to the core forests, he added.

"A BSF head constable succumbed to bullet injuries, sustained during the gunfight, while being taken to a local hospital," the SP said.

Soon after the incident, reinforcements were rushed to the spot, he said adding that a combing operation has been launched in the region to nab the assailants.

and ten others injured on Saturday when Maoists ambushed them in the forests of restive Pidmel village under Polampalli, around 450 kms from Raipur.

Maoists on Sunday allegedly set ablaze at least 17 vehicles engaged in mining work in Kanker district, 140 km from Raipur. However, no one was hurt.

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