Raipur: In one of the deadliest attacks, 300 to 400 heavily armed Maoists ambushed a CRPF contingent in a forested patch in Chhattisgarh on Monday, killing 25 troopers.

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An injured trooper, Sheikh Mohammed, claimed that the subsequent gun battle lasted about three hours.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the deadly ambush on the 74th Battalion at a place between Burkapal and Chintagufa in Sukma district as "cowardly and deplorable" and said the deaths won't go in vain.


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