State Home Minister Ramsevak Paikra on Sunday met Special Task Force (STF) personnel injured in Saturday’s Maoist attack in Sukma district at Maharani Government Hospital in District Headquarters Jagdalpur of Bastar distict.
School Education and Scheduled Caste and Tribal Development Minister Kedar Kashyap, Director General of Police AN Upadhyay and Special DGP (Operation) of CRPF Durga Prasad were also present on the occasion.
Paikra and Kashyap met the injured personnel namely Ranjeet Singh, Arvind Sharma and Markaam Kesa and inquired about their health and wished for their speedy recovery. Both the Ministers directed doctors to provide best possible treatment facility to the personnel. Doctors informed them that their health condition has improved and now they are out of danger.
The STF personnel were injured while responding to a Naxal attack in Dornapal area of Sukma district on Saturday.Seven of these injured personnel have been admitted to a private hospital in Raipur.
Along with Home Minister, MlAs namely Santosh Bafna, Mahesh Gagda and Mohan Markam, along with District Panchayat President Jabita Mandawi also met the personnel at District Hospital, Jagdalpur on Sunday and inquired about their health condition. Bastar Collector Amit Kataria and Superintendent of Police Ajay Yadav were also present.
Three of the STF personnel, who were injured in the Naxal-police encounter that took place on April 11 in village Pidmel near Dornapal area of Sukma district, were brought to Jagdalpur via helicopter and were admitted to Maharani Hospital in Jagdalpur.