Three personnel of the CRPF’s 19 Battalion were martyred in a Maoist ambush in the Patadhara Reserve Forest under Boden block in Nuapada district on Tuesday.
Several other CRPF personnel were also injured in the attack.
The State Government announced a ex-gratia of Rs 20 lakh to each martyr’s family
The martyred jawans were identified as ASI Sisupal Singh of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, ASI Siblal of Mahendragarh in Haryana and Constable Dharmendra Kumar Singh of Rohtas district in Haryana. They were part of a road opening party.
The security personnel were on their way from one camp to another around 3 pm when a group of ultras opened fire at them leaving three jawans martyred and several others injured. Combing operations are ongoing in the area.
The losses suffered by the Red rebels are yet to be ascertained.
The ultras had earlier warned against the newly set up CRPF camp at Patadhara by posting banners and posters in the area.
"The camp at Patdarha has been set up recently as Forward Operating Bases (FOB) to increase operational dominance in the so-called ‘Red Corridor’ region,” The incident occurred two km from the new camp.