Shah checks on securitymen hurt in Operation Blackforest
NEW DELHI: Home minister
on Thursday visited the
AIIMS trauma centre
to check on
and
Chhattisgarh Police
personnel injured in the 21-day
anti-Naxal operation
'Blackforest' in the Karreguttalu Hills (KGH) on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border.
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Though security forces suffered no fatality in the operation, injuries sustained by five of the 18 hurt personnel were serious — caused by IEDs blasts.
The five personnel — an assistant commandant, a head constable and three constables of the CRPF CoBRA battalion and District Reserve Guard (DRG) — were airlifted from Raipur to Delhi between May 5 and May 14, and admitted to the AIIMS here. They were amputated but their condition is improving or stable.
'Our security forces are wiping out every trace of
Naxalism
with their valour. Today, visited the AIIMS trauma centre, Delhi, and met security personnel who were injured during the anti-Naxal operations eliminating 31 Naxalites in the
Karegutta Hills
across the Chhattisgarh and Telangana border. Inquired about their health and assured them of the trust and pride the nation takes in them,' Shah said on X.
Sources said Shah later also spoke to CRPF director general G P Singh and directed that the best possible treatment and post-recovery care and rehabilitation be ensured for every injured personnel, whether from CRPF or Chhattisgarh Police.
Shah, who had last year declared that Naxalism would be eliminated by the end of March, has been closely monitoring the progress of anti-Naxal operations. He was in constant touch with the CRPF brass during '
Operation Blackforest
', taking stock of developments almost on a daily basis.
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