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Sukma attack: CRPF to deploy 2,000 CoBRA commandos to weaken naxals

Sukma and its adjoining areas have witnessed deadliest ambushes on security forces recently

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Last Updated : May 09 2017 | 10:02 AM IST

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will soon deploy a fresh squad of about 2,000 commandos from its special guerrilla warfare CoBRA battalions in and around the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh to defang the Maoists and their arsenal.

Sukma and its adjoining areas have witnessed some of the deadliest ambushes on security forces recently like the one where 25 CRPF men were killed in the Burkapal area of the district on April 24.

12 CRPF men were similarly killed by Naxals on March 11

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