crpf

05 Apr

It was not an intelligence or operational failure says CRPF DG on Chhattisgarh encounter

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastbijapur, chattisgarh, crpf, INDIA, maoist

A day after 22 security personnel were killed during an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, the Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Kuldeep Singh, dismissed claims that the operation was an intelligence failure. “If it was a bait, more security personnel would have died. The Maoists would have set up an ambush at a place where we would have suffered maximum damage. We were moving through an area that is under their control and as such, they do have a tactical advantage there. They started firing at us with light machine guns when we were returning following our…

25 Mar

Militant attack on outskirts of Srinagar results in death of two CRPF personnel

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastcrpf, INDIA, kashmir, terrorist

At least two CRPF personnel were killed and two others were injured Thursday in a suspected militant attack at Lawaypora on the outskirts of Srinagar city in Jammu and Kashmir. The two injured personnel are in critical condition and have been rushed to a hospital, the CRPF said. The militants opened fire on the CRPF personnel, a police official told PTI. The area, which has witnessed several clashes between security forces and militants in recent years, has been cordoned off, the police official told PTI. The attack on CRPF personnel comes days after four militants were killed in a gun-battle…