An Assistant Commandant of CRPF martyred during a gun-battle with Maoists in a dense forested pocket of Dhamtari district on Saturday, informed Superintendent of Police Dhamtari Akbar Ram Korram.
The SP talking to The Pioneer over phone said a team of CRPF men was conducting search operation in Khallari village, they had the inputs about presence of Maoists in the area.
“Assistant Commandant SK Das of CRPF was leading a squad of his men under Borai police station limits, about 115 kms from district headquarters Dhamtari and reached near Ikram Khallari nullah. Unfortunately when the patrol team reached the spot, Maoists spotted the team and opened fire on the police party,” said the SP and added that the Assistant Commandant received two bullets in his abdominal and groin region and breathed his last at a primary health centre nearby. Das was leading a team of CRPF men belonging to the 211 battalion for a special anti-Naxal operation in the area, the SP said.