<p>A Border Security Force chopper on his last sortie to airlift elite ‘Greyhound’ commondos waiting after a successful anti-naxal operation came under fire from the Red ultras in South Bastar area of Chattisgarh on Wednesday evening.<br /><br /></p>.<p>As per initial reports, none of the personnel were injured but the Mi-17 BSF helicopter suffered bullet shots in the cockpit area that landed safely with the last batch of Greyhounds in Andhra Pradesh's Bhadrachalam in Khammam district.<br /><br />The Andhra Pradesh police dispatched another 40 greyhounds commondoes to guard their men left in the jungles of Jagargunda police station of South Bastar, said government sources.<br /><br /> The rescue team has already contacted their five men and is trying to take them out of danger, added a government source.<br /><br />In one of the biggest successful operations against the Maoists, a joint force of CRPF, state police of Andhra Pradesh and Chattisgarh had killed nine persons including five women in Sukma district of Chattisgarh. A total of 130 men drawn from three forces were involved in the operation. It is learnt that out of 130, the CRPF’s thirty had left post-operation and the Greyhound commondoes among the remaining were airlifted by the choppers in five previous sorties. <br /><br />But the last one came under attack by the ultras who were waiting for an opportunity to take revenge of Tuesday big kill. <br /><br />This is the second incident of Naxalites firing on security forces' helicopters after an IAF chopper was hit in January in the same district.<br /></p>
<p>A Border Security Force chopper on his last sortie to airlift elite ‘Greyhound’ commondos waiting after a successful anti-naxal operation came under fire from the Red ultras in South Bastar area of Chattisgarh on Wednesday evening.<br /><br /></p>.<p>As per initial reports, none of the personnel were injured but the Mi-17 BSF helicopter suffered bullet shots in the cockpit area that landed safely with the last batch of Greyhounds in Andhra Pradesh's Bhadrachalam in Khammam district.<br /><br />The Andhra Pradesh police dispatched another 40 greyhounds commondoes to guard their men left in the jungles of Jagargunda police station of South Bastar, said government sources.<br /><br /> The rescue team has already contacted their five men and is trying to take them out of danger, added a government source.<br /><br />In one of the biggest successful operations against the Maoists, a joint force of CRPF, state police of Andhra Pradesh and Chattisgarh had killed nine persons including five women in Sukma district of Chattisgarh. A total of 130 men drawn from three forces were involved in the operation. It is learnt that out of 130, the CRPF’s thirty had left post-operation and the Greyhound commondoes among the remaining were airlifted by the choppers in five previous sorties. <br /><br />But the last one came under attack by the ultras who were waiting for an opportunity to take revenge of Tuesday big kill. <br /><br />This is the second incident of Naxalites firing on security forces' helicopters after an IAF chopper was hit in January in the same district.<br /></p>
