Six CRPF jawans were injured in an ambush by Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Monday, officials said.
A team of the 231st battalion of the CRPF, along with a state police unit, was out on road security duty in the district’s Aranpur area when an IED exploded and they were fired upon by Maoists, the officials said.
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Six personnel of the CRPF were injured in the blast and firing that took place around 4.30pm near the Kamal post of the paramilitary force in Dantewada district, a senior official said.
He said the injured troops were being taken for treatment by helicopter.
