3 CISF men killed in Naxal attack

A Central Industrial Security Force officer and two other personnel were killed and two others injured in a Naxalite attack in Durg district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday.The police said the extremists blew up a jeep carrying CISF personnel using an IED near Mahamaya mines area under Dallirajehra police station of the district. Of the five CISF personnel in the vehicle, a Sub-Inspector, a havaldar and a jawan were killed on the spot. The other two sustained serious injuries, they said. The injured were admitted to a hospital in Bhilai. The Naxalites, numbering about 40, also made off with the weapons of the injured men. A hunt is on to nab the extremists.