Death toll in Naxal attack on CRPF jawans rises to 27
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, June 29, 2010
Death toll rises to 27
As the hunt for Naxals in Chhattisgarh jungles continued the toll of the CRPF men came under attack on Tuesday has risen to 27 with recovery of the body of one missing personnel. The body of CRPF constable Neeraj Kumar was found by search parties on Wednesday.
The bodies of 26 CRPF personnel were brought Raipur on Wednesday after they were airlifted from the scene of the Maoist attack. After the postmortems, the bodies were sent to the police training institute in Mana.
A guard of honour was given to the jawans, who made supreme sacrifice in fighting the maoists. Governor Sekhar Dutt, Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh and other senior police office officials were present.
CRPF has started the process of sending the bodies to the respective villages of Jawans on Wednesday evening after paying rich tributes to Martyred Jawans at Police training institute in Mana.
State Chief Minister Raman Singh, who convened an emergency meeting to take stock of the situation, said the sacrifices of the security personnel will not go in vain. He said the security personnel have laid down their lives to free the people from Naxal terror.
Vowing to end the Maoist menace in the state, he said the Naxals have carried out a cowardly act. Conveying his condolences to members of the bereaved families, he said people and groups having faith in human rights should condemn this act of murder in once voice.
