Raipur:
Twenty six CRPF jawans were killed and seven injured in a major Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.
It is believed that, at least 90 Maoists ambushed a 63-strong CRPF road-opening party in an area under Dhaurai police station, 3 km from the CRPF camp in Narayanpur district of the state, at about 3 pm.
The CRPF men from 39 Battalion, E and F company, were securing the area ahead of a two-day Naxal-sponsored bandh starting Wednesday.
Here are the names of the CRPF jawans killed in the Naxal attack.
1-Jatin Gulati
2-M.P. Singh
3- Bidyadhar Barik
4-R. N. Das
5-Shaji Kumar. S
6-Ranjan Kr. Shahoo
7-Dhrub Jyoti Das
8-Tilak Raj
9-Hembram
10-M. Krishna Rao
11-Pankaj Mohanty
12-Sudam Ch. Das
13-Arjun Goyari
14-Govind Pradhan
15-Samir Oran
16-Pankaj Bhadial
17-K.H.I. Singha
18-Panuram Nayak
19-Tusar Baral
20-Narendra Mohan Jha
21-Jarnail Singh
22-Ranju Kumar Saha
23-Anjan Phukan
24-Rama Rao
25-Tarkeswa R Rao
26-Sohel Rana
27-Niraj Kumar