On Monday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, in a ceremony at Jagdalpur, paid their respects to the security personnel killed in a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh.
Home Minister Shah and Chief Minister Baghel paid their respects and laid wreaths at the coffins of the security personnel who lost their lives in the Naxal attack.
#WATCH: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel lay wreath at the coffins of 14 security personnel who lost their lives in the Naxal attack, in Jagdalpu pic.twitter.com/fyHZSE6mjG
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After attending the wreath-laying ceremony for the heroic jawans who died in the Chhattisgarh Naxal attack, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a meeting with top officials in Jagdalpur. He will later meet injured jawans in the hospital and will also visit the CRPF camp.
At least 22 security personnel are believed to have lost their lives in the Naxal attack that took place at the Sukma-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh. Around 31 jawans sustained injuries in the gunfight, Chhattisgarh police said.
Police also say that around 25-30 Naxals were killed in the attack as three tractors were used by the militants to ferry the injured and the bodies of the slain Naxals. Police also denied any intelligence or operational failure.
Chief Minister Baghel said that anti-Naxalite operations would continue in the state. He also said that the work of establishing police camps in the Naxal-affected areas would continue in an expedited manner.
Taiwan and France also condoled the death of the security personnel who died in the attack.
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