Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday directed to provide better treatment facilities to the soldiers injured in the encounter with Naxals in Sukma district.
Five security personnel died and around 10 others injured in an encounter with Naxals at the borders of Bijapur and Sukma districts on Saturday.
In another incident, the 85 Battalion of the CRPF on Saturday neutralised an 8-kg IED, planted by Naxals, in a controlled explosion in a forest in Bijapur.
The Improvised explosive device (IED) was found in Modipara, near Cherpal in Chhattisgarh.
( With inputs from ANI )
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