The bodies of 24 Chhattisgarh security personnel, who had gone missing after a gun battle with Maoists in Dantewada district on Monday, were recovered on Tuesday even as rebels launched fresh attacks, police said.
Bodies of all 24 personnel, including 16 CRPF troopers, six special police officers (SPOs) and two district policemen, have been recovered in Konta block, over 500 km from here, said Girdhari Nayak, inspector general (Maoist operations), Chhattisgarh. “The search teams of CRPF and state police recovered the bodies from a hilly terrain of Konta block, close to AP border,” Nayak said.  “A total of 115 policemen, including 84 SPOs, led by 28 personnel of CRPF's 55th battalion went to Konta block on Monday to bust a Maoist hideout.