Chhattisgarh, November 7: In a tragic incident, a CRPF jawan lost his life in an encounter with Naxals in Bijapur on Thursday morning. More details on this piece of news are awaited. In July this year, a CRPF jawan was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by Naxals in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh.

The blast took place around 6 am near a camp of 195th battalion of the CRPF at Pushpal in Bastar when one of its patrolling teams was returning after an anti-Naxal operation. Chhattisgarh: CRPF Jawan Martyred in Encounter With Naxals in Dhamtari.

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In another incident that took place June this year, five CRPF jawans were martyred and three others were injured when terrorists carried out an attack on a busy road in Anantnag district of South Kashmir. An inspector of Jammu and Kashmir Police had also sustained critical injuries.

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