Naxal ambush kills 24 CRPF jawans in Chhattisgarh

Of the 24 jawans killed, 23 died on the spot while one succumbed to his injuries

Naxal guerillas ambushed a party of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in one of the deadliest incidents in Chhattisgarh’s restive Sukma district and killed 24 jawans on Monday afternoon.
 

About 70 jawans from the 74th battalion of the central para-military force was on an area domination operation to provide the security blanket for a road construction project on Dornapal road, about 450 kms from here. The pocket is considered to be a stronghold of rebels.
 

The rebels detonated powerful explosion and sprayed bullets on the jawans at around 12.30 pm near Burkapal village. The jawans were moving in two separate groups