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Twenty two security personnel were killed and 30 others injured in the gunfight with Maoists between Jonaguda and Tekalguda villages along the border of Sukma and Bijapur districts on Saturday. One jawan is still missing (Reuters)
A paramilitary soldier injured in a gunbattle with Maoist rebels on Saturday is brought for treatment at a hospital in Raipur (AP)
Relatives mourn around a coffin of a security force personnel, who was killed in an attack by Maoist fighters, during a wreath laying ceremony in Bijapur (Reuters)
Bijapur: CRPF personnel carry the coffin of a paramilitary soldier who lost his life in an encounter with Maoists, in Bijapur (File/PTI)
Chhattisgarh Police said in a statement that at least 12 Maoists were killed and 16 injured in the gunbattle following the ambush (PTI)
Puri: Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a sand sculpture to tribute the CRPF jawans who lost their lives in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack, at Puri beach of Odisha (PTI)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah being received by Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on his arrival in Jadalpur (PTI)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah lays wreaths at the coffins of the CRPF Personnel who lost their lives in the attack. Shah, who arrived in Chhattisgarh this morning, will chair a high-level meet (PTI)
The security personnel were part of a “combined operation” that had been planned for weeks and was intended to target Battalion No. 1 Area Commander Hidma, one of the most wanted Maoists said to be responsible for several attacks against security forces. (PTI)
An overturned truck which was allegedly blown up by Maoist rebels following an encounter in Bijapur (PTI)
