The incident occurred while CRPF troops were travelling from one camp to another in the Patadhara Reserve Forest in Bheden area.
According to officials, three CRPF men were murdered in a Maoist ambush in Odisha’s Nuapada district on Tuesday.
According to them, the incident occurred in Patadhara Reserve Forest in Bheden block while CRPF men were travelling from one camp to another.
“Three jawans have unfortunately been martyred at Nuapada. Our senior officers are en route to the location “SK Bansal, the Director-General of Police in Odisha, informed PTI.
Another police officer speculated that the Maoists may have had previous knowledge of the forces’ movements.
They opened fire on the forces out of nowhere, he claimed.
A preliminary report claims that seven jawans were killed.
Prasanta Patnaik