Raipur: Two police personnel were killed and a villager was injured onSaturday evening when Naxals opened fire on them in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapurdistrict, police said, Press Trust of India has reported.
The incident took place when the two policemen and the villager were goingto Tippapuram village, under Pamed police station area, on a motorbike.
A ‘small action team’ (typically comprising four-five rebels) of Naxalsopened fire on them, leaving constable Arvind Minj and assistant constableSukku Habka dead on the spot and the villager injured, said DeputyInspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P.
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Locals took the injured villager to Cherla in neighbouring Telangana fortreatment, he said, adding that security forces have been rushed to thespot.
