Raipur/ New Delhi: Union House Minister Amit Shah on Monday stated that the government is identified to take the ongoing fight versus the discontent produced by naxals to its rational conclusion.The minister, who is on a see to Chhattisgarh, made the comment after paying tributes to the 22 security personnel who were eliminated by naxals in the state on Saturday.
Paid tributes to the brave security workers who were martyred while battling the naxalites at Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh, he stated in a tweet in Hindi.
The country will never forget your bravery and sacrifice.
The entire nation guarantees the bereaved households.
We are determined to take the ongoing battle against the discontent developed by the naxals to its logical conclusion, said Shah.The minister will chair a meeting at the Authorities Coordination Centre in Jagdalpur to review the security scenario occurring out of Saturday's occurrence and likewise fulfill some of the injured security personnel in healthcare facilities, an official stated.
Thirty security workers were injured in the ambush by naxals and were admitted to various hospitals in the state, officials had said on Sunday.After getting here in Chhattisgarh's Jagdalpur town from Delhi, Shah paid his last respects at the Authorities Lines here, where the mortal remains of 14 personnel were kept in coffins draped with the nationwide flag.Besides Shah, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and other dignitaries also laid wreaths on the coffins.This is Shah's first see to the Bastar area of the state after assuming charge of Union home minister, an authorities stated.
The review conference in Jagdalpur, will be participated in by Chief Minister Baghel, senior authorities of the state cops and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), he said.Shah will then leave for the Basaguda camp of the CRPF in Bijapur in a chopper and will have an interaction and lunch with the CRPF and state authorities workers there, he said.Security personnel were assailed by naxals when they were out on a combing operation in a forest along the Bijapur and Sukma districts of the state.Out of the total 22 fatalities, the CRPF lost eight guys, consisting of 7 task forces of the CoBRA battalion (CRPF's elite system) and one jawan of the Bastariya battalion, 8 of the other departed were from the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and 6 from the Special Job Force (STF).
One CRPF inspector is still missing out on, officials said.The home minister on Sunday swore to give a befitting reaction to the Naxals and stated that the fight versus the extremists will be won through joint efforts by the main and state governments.