Sukma: In a savage strike, twenty-four CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) jawans were killed by Naxals in an experience in Chhattisgarh's Sukma locale on Monday.
The experience between a 74th battalion of the force and Naxals happened around 12:25 pm in Kalapathar range of south Bastar locale.
90 CRPF jawans were a piece of the street opening gathering when they were assaulted by Naxals.
Weapons of jawans are likewise answered to have been plundered.
Then, on hearing the news Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh cut off his New Delhi visit and is accounted for to have hurried to Raipur.
The assault goes ahead the heels of 12 CRPF staff being killed in Sukma a month ago.
Around then, the trap had occurred in a forested fix close Kottacheru town under Bhejji police headquarters, around 500 km from the state capital, at 9.15 am when 112 personnel of the CRPF`s 219th contingent were on a street opening obligation.
Creating an impression in the Lok Sabha then, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had said that Left wing radicals were fretful due to the assaults completed against them by security drives and had called the assault on the CRPF a consequence of that disappointment.
He had included that 135 fanatics had been slaughtered, 700 captured and 1,198 had surrendered in a year ago. He had likewise said that there was a 15 for every cent drop in Left wing fanatic episodes in Chhattisgarh in 2016.