Stating this here, a spokesman of the Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare Department said Assistant Sub-inspector, CRPF, Naresh Kumar, a native of Jainpur Tikaula village in Sonepat district, and Constable Ram Mehar, a native of Kheri Man Singh village in Karnal district, were killed in the Naxal attack.
A cheque of Rs 50 lakh was handed over by the Sonepat Deputy Commissioner to the family members of Kumar, he added.
At least 25 Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed and six wounded in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on April 24, the deadliest attack by naxalites targeting security forces this year.