The deceased has been identified as Deputy Platoon Commander Vijay Yadav (58).
Published Date – Mon, 3/27/23 at 01:53pm
Bijapur: An officer of the Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF) was killed by unidentified Naxalites on Monday in a blast sparked by an improvised explosive device (IED) in the state’s battered state, police said. The area of Bijapur hit by the insurgency.
The deceased has been identified as Deputy Platoon Commander Vijay Yadav (58).
A police officer said the incident happened between Temenar and Etepal areas this morning.
In addition, the police also informed that the officer belonged to the 19th Battalion of CAF Company D and was from Uttar Pradesh.
A team of security personnel was out of Mirtur police station for an area control exercise on Monday morning and when they reached a forest between Temenar and Etepal, the officer accidentally stepped on an improvised explosive device planted by Naxals, causing the explosion, according to the police. .
Awaiting further information.
Earlier, the Indo-Tibetan border police and the Regional Reserve Guard had an encounter with the Naxalites in the Chote Burgum forest area in the Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh state, officials said. The Naxals took advantage of the forest cover to flee the area, officials said.
During a search operation in the area, security forces recovered two improvised explosive devices, which were defused at the scene.
