Chhattisgarh: CoBRA commando killed, one injured in encounter

The two men were part of a team that was on an an area domination exercise in Palodi, sources said. “Acting on a tip-off, the men had been sent to Pamed area in Bijapur, to check for Naxal presence,” said a senior officer. The team was attacked while they were on the way to Bjiapur district.

Earlier, in Pamed region, two men were killed and seven injured on February 10 when a CoBRA battalion came under heavy fire while trying to recover the body of a slain maoist. One of the injured, Ajit Kumar Singh, who was undergoing treatment in Raipur, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday. The other injured in the incident included the battalion’s Deputy Commandant Prashant Kumar, who is stable and undergoing treatment, Sundarraj confirmed.