13 CRPF personnel killed in encounter with Maoists

Raipur, Dec 1: Thirteen CRPF personnel, including two officers, were today killed while an equal number were injured in an encounter with Maoists in the Naxal hotbed of Sukma in Chhattisgarh.

According to preliminary reports reaching



the force's headquarters here, a squad of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel was undertaking operations in Kasanpara village of the district in the south Bastar region when they entered into an encounter with the Maoists at around 1030 A.M.(PTI)