Chhattisgarh polls: Naxal encounters, IED blast reported amid voting; 3 security personnel injured
Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2023: Three separate incidents of Naxal violence, and IED blasts were reported in Chhattisgarh's Kanker which is voting in the first phase on 7 November, Tuesday. A commando of CoBRA, an elite unit of CRPF, was injured in the improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by Naxalites in Sukma district.
According to an ANI report, a total of three security personnel were injured in the exchange of fire with Naxals near Minpa in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. An AK-47 rifle was recovered after an encounter between Naxalites and security personnel in Kanker district, where polling is being held in the first phase of the state assembly elections, the officials said.
Some Naxalites might have been killed or injured in the face-off, officials have claimed. The incident took place at around 1 pm near Panavar village under Bande police station limits when a joint team of the Border Security Force (BSF) and District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an area domination operation in view of the polling, a senior police official said.
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