On Monday, a blast in Bihar’s Aurangabad district jungles killed 10 CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) commandos from elite COBRA battalion. The area where all this took place is highly Maoist-infected area of Aurangabad. The CRPF teams with Bihar police team was ambushed by the attackers around from the Maoists clan and was fallen prey to series of blasts. The entire encounter took place 170 kms away from the police camp and has gained much momentum. The police force was able to kill 3 Maoists and injure 12 of the Maoists platoon till now.
Along with this several blasts in Bihar at the encounter site gained everyone’s attention. Bihar’s Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar has talks with Home Minister Rajnath Singh regarding the killing of 10 CRPF commandos in Bihar’s Gaya region. Nitish Kumar has directed the CRPF Director General to visit the spot and take effective actions.
Reportedly, the number of casualties may increase in this Bihar Maoist Attack, because the retaliation is still in action after 12 hours already have passed. This will further add up to being the biggest casualties of this unit called COBRA.
Home Ministry has stated correctly that, “Maoists, are India’s biggest internal security threat, who operate in 20 of India’s 28 states and have thousands of fighters.”
