Raipur: Four CRPF jawans were killed and three others injured when Naxals ambushed a road opening party (ROP) of the security forces in Maoist-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh today, police said.
The ultras also looted the weapons of the troopers after the encounter that lasted for about an hour, they said.
The incident took place in the forest between Murkinar and Cheramungi village in Modakpal area this morning, Additional Director General of Police (Naxal Operations) R K Vij told PTI.
The ROP of the paramilitary forces was clearing the Murkinar-Cheramungi road as CRPF officials were going for some civic action programme in Cheramungi village, located around 450 kms away from the state capital Raipur, Vij said.
While the ROP was heading towards their destination, around 100 armed Naxals, who were hiding in the forest, opened indiscriminate firing on them, killing four troopers on the spot, he said.
Additional forces were rushed to the spot soon after getting the news of the incident, he said.
