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2 CoBRA commandos injured in Naxal encounter in C''garh''s Sukma

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Press Trust of India Sukma

Two CoBRA commandos were injured

on Tuesday in a gunfight with Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, police said.

The encounter between the CRPF's elite anti-Naxal combat unit and the Maoists took place at around 4pm in a forest near Palodi village under Kistaram police station limits, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P said.

"Two personnel of the 208th battalion of the CRPF's Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) sustained injuries in an encounter with Naxals.

"The injured commandos have been evacuated from the site of the incident and are being shifted to a hospital," the IG said, adding further details were awaited.

 

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First Published: Feb 18 2020 | 7:38 PM IST

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