24 security personnel are feared killed in a fierce gunbattle with Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district
Media Release
Jul. 10, 2007

At least 24 security personnel are feared killed in a fierce gunbattle with Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, about 440 km from the state capital Raipur.

Dantewada Superintendent of Police Rahul Sharma told Hindustan Times on Tuesday that 16 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, six Special Police Officers (SPOs) and two policemen from the district police were feared killed in a raid on a Naxal camp in the interiors of the state.

On Monday evening, 115 security personnel drawn from various forces launched a joint operation in the remote Arpalmeta-Regadgatta jungle of Dantewada district in southern Bastar region following information about the operation of a secret naxal camp there. As soon as the forces reached Arpalmeta-Regadgatta area, the Maoists attacked them with LMG and mortar and a fierce gunbattle ensued, police said.

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