Raipur: Maoists attacked a CRPF search party in Chhattisgarh close to the Odisha border yesterday evening and killed an assistant commandant, police said. The ambush came exactly a week after the deadly attack on a Congress convoy in the Bastar region.
Dhamtari Superintendent of Police Akbar Ram Korram said Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Assistant Commandant S K Das was killed in the attack around 4pm at Ikram Khallari, over 100km from the district headquarters.
The gun battle lasted nearly and hour at the spot which is around 4km from Odisha border, with the Maoists later escaping in the forest, police said. Police recovered Maoist literature from the spot.
The CRPF team had left its Bimla Silli area to hunt down the Maoists who attacked the troopers when they came close to their hideout, police said. The attack came exactly a week after the Maoists attacked a Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region May 25 in which at least 28 people were killed. IANS
