File photo: Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) personnel mount a patrol in Bijapur District on July 7, 2012, after an encounter between Maoist rebels and security forces in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh AFPThe toll was the worst for Indian security forces battling the extreme left-wing guerillas since AprilHundreds of Maoist rebels gunned down 17 Indian security forces in one of the deadliest ambushes in recent years by the militants, a police spokesman said. More than 300 armed rebels took part in the attack on a police commando patrol in the jungles of Sukma district of Chhattisgarh state in central India, police superintendent Shalab Sinha told AFP. "We have recovered 17 bodies and another 15 police are being treated for injuries," he said. The toll was the worst for Indian security forces battling the extreme left-wing guerillas since April, 2017 when 25 police commandos were killed in an attack in the same district. Thousands have been killed in the fighting.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 22, 2020 11:26 UTC