Naxalite Attacks in Chhattisgarh: Two STF Personnel Killed, Several Injured

Two Special Task Force personnel were killed, and several others injured after Naxalites detonated IEDs in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. The incidents occurred while security forces were conducting anti-Naxalite operations. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai expressed condolences and reiterated the state's commitment to eradicating Naxalism.

Two Special Task Force (STF) personnel were killed after Maoists detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, while a woman Naxalite was gunned down by security personnel in Dantewada district on Thursday, police said.

Four STF personnel were injured in the IED blast in Bijapur, while two jawans of the state police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) were wounded when an improvised explosive device, planted by Naxalites, exploded in a separate incident in the same district, they said.

The IED blast in Bijapur district took place on Wednesday night in Tarrem area when a joint team of security personnel was returning after an anti-Naxalite operation in forests on the tri-junction of Bijapur-Sukma-Dantewada districts, a police official said.

(With inputs from agencies.)