Narayanpur:

 District Reserve Guard (DRG) head constable was killed in an encounter with Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Wednesday, a senior police official said.

The gunfight broke out at around 1 pm in the forest on the border of Sonpur and Kohkameta police station areas in Abujhmad when a joint team of security personnel was conducting an anti-Naxal operation, he said.

District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Border Security Force personnel were involved in the operation launched on Tuesday, the official said.

The intermittent exchange of fire lasted till late evening, he said.

“Birendra Kumar Sori (36), head constable of DRG Narayanpur, was killed in the exchange of fire”, he said.

Sori had joined the Narayanpur district police as a constable in 2010. He was promoted to the post of head constable in 2018 for displaying bravery in the anti-Naxal operation, the official said.

The body of the jawan was being shifted out of the forest, he said, adding that a search operation was still underway.

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Raipur:

A District Reserve Guard (DRG) constable was killed and another policeman injured due to an accidental discharge of a firearm in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, officials said on Thursday.

The incident took place at around 11 pm on Wednesday when a joint team of the DRG and Bastar Fighter, both units of state police, was out on an anti-Maoist operation in Barsoor police station limits, a statement issued by the police said.

Acting on input about the presence of armed Maoists in Handawada and Hitawada villages along the Dantewada-Narayanpur districts border, the security personnel had launched the operation, it said.

“During patrolling, two DRG constables – Jograj Karma and Parsuram Alami – suffered bullet injuries in an accidental firing,” the release said.

While being evacuated, Karma succumbed to his injuries due to excessive bleeding. Alami was administered preliminary treatment and then airlifted to Raipur for further medication, the police said.

The statement did not specify whose weapon accidentally went off and said more details will be shared later. 

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