Chhattisgarh’s Additional Director General (Naxalite Ops) Ashok Juneja on Wednesday visited a CRPF camp in Sukma district and pledged that the police will fight the Naxalites "with full strength".
The ADG visited CRPF’s Palodi camp located in a Maoist hub.
Juneja paid rich tributes to Deputy Commandant Vikas Kumar who was killed in an IED blast on December 12 in Sukma district.
He interacted with the troopers and appreciated their efforts. He said the police will battle the Naxalites "with full strength".
Vikas Kumar, of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, was posted at 208 CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) in Sukma. CoBRA is an elite force of CRPF.
Also, a Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security forces in Sukma district near Miliampalli-Rajpenta villages on Wednesday.