Additional Director General (Naxal operations) Ram Niwas said that a police team of 145 jawans was on a search operation in the Chintalnaar area, when the Naxals struck.
“In the ambush by the Naxals, three of our men were killed and nine were injured,” said Niwas. The police believed “to have killed 30 Naxals” in retaliatory action.“Firing has stopped. We are now looking for bodies,” Niwas added.
Published 14 March 2011, 13:11 IST