Raipur/Bijapur. An encounter took place today between police and Naxalites in Tekalgudem village, the border area of Sukma and Bijapur districts of Chhattisgarh, in which 3 soldiers were martyred. 15 soldiers have also been injured. Six Naxalites have also been killed. The Naxalites were also successful in taking away the bodies of these Maoists. This was confirmed by Bastar IG P. Sundarraj. CM Vishnudev Sai has expressed grief over the martyrdom of 3 soldiers.
8 soldiers injured in the encounter have been brought to Raipur by helicopter. The injured soldiers were brought through a green corridor from the airport to Shri Narayan Hospital in Devendra Nagar and Balaji Hospital in Mova, where all are undergoing treatment. Seven soldiers have been admitted to the Medical College Jagdalpur for treatment. CRPF Cobra 201 battalion soldiers Rawat Omprakash, Malkit Singh, T Madhu Kumar and Avinash Sharma have been admitted to Narayana Hospital in Raipur, where treatment has started for all.
list of martyred soldiers
01 Constable Devan C, 201 Cobra
02 Constable Pawan Kumar, 201 Cobra
03 Constable Lambdhar Sinha, 150 CRPF
list of injured soldiers
01 Lakhveer, Deputy Commandant 201 Cobra
02 Rajesh Panchal, Assistant Commandant 201 Cobra 1
03 Khedkar Ramdas, Head Constable 201 Cobra
04 Akhilesh Yadav, Head Constable 201 Cobra
05 Harendra Singh, Head Constable 201 Cobra
06 Mohammad Irfan, Head Constable, 201 Cobra
07 Gopinath Basumtadi, Constable 201 Cobra
08 Manoj Nath, constable 201 Cobra
09 Vikas Kumar, Constable 201 Cobra
10 Benudhar Sahu, constable 201 Cobra
11 T. Madhukumar, constable 201 Cobra
12 Malkit Singh, Constable 201 Cobra
13 E. Venkatesh, Constable 201 Cobra
14 Avinash Sharma, Constable 201 Cobra
15 Raut Omprakash, constable 201 Cobra
