Three CoBRA commandos killed in Chhattisgarh Naxal ambush

Raipur: At least three jawans of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), the elite anti-Naxal wing of CRPF, were killed and 13 others injured in the 24 hour-long-gun battle between security forces and Leftwing extremists in Chhattisgarh’s south Bastar district of Sukma that ended on Friday morning.
The encounter that began in the forest of Dabbamarka following the ambush by the red guerrillas on the joint search party comprising personnel of 208th CoBRA battalion and district reserve group in the mid-noon of Thursday ended on Friday morning.

The encounter ended when reinforcements rushed to the spot to rescue the trapped jawans and evacuate the injured ones. The rebels fled the spot when 700 strong contingent of reinforcement rushed to the spot to rescue the trapped jawans,” a senior police officer posted in Bastar told this newspaper.