09-20-2009, 02:42 AM
<b>6 elite troops die, radios fail in Naxal battle</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Six soldiers of Indiaâs elite anti-Naxal strike force were shot dead during a series of fierce gunbattles that has now been on for more than 48 hours in the southern Chhattisgarh rebel redoubt of Dantewada.
This is the biggest loss suffered by the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) in what is their major anti-Naxal operation in Dantewada, 500 km south of state capital Raipur.
More than 30 rebels are dead and their weapon-production unit destroyed.
This operation demonstrates that the security forces can, and will, act against the Maoists in their strongholds, a home ministry official in Delhi said.
Hundreds of troops backed by two helicopters searched the area where five CoBRA soldiers had gone missing on Friday.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Very sad day.
Half hearted support by UPA government.
This is the biggest loss suffered by the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) in what is their major anti-Naxal operation in Dantewada, 500 km south of state capital Raipur.
More than 30 rebels are dead and their weapon-production unit destroyed.
This operation demonstrates that the security forces can, and will, act against the Maoists in their strongholds, a home ministry official in Delhi said.
Hundreds of troops backed by two helicopters searched the area where five CoBRA soldiers had gone missing on Friday.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Very sad day.
Half hearted support by UPA government.