Naxals fire at CRPF camp,no casualties

Naxals tonight fired at a CRPF camp in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh defying stepped-up security in the wake of yesterday's bloodiest-ever attack on security forces....

Naxals tonight fired at a CRPF camp in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh defying stepped-up security in the wake of yesterday’s bloodiest-ever attack on security forces.

The Naxals fired four rounds at the CRPF camp in Palampalli village which was promptly retaliated by the security personnel,DGP Chhattisgarh Viswa Ranjan told PTI.

“This is nothing abnormal. This is a routine activity the Naxals indulge in,” he said.

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The Naxals fled after the retaliatory fire in which no casualties were reported.

The firing comes a day after the Maoists wiped out virtually an entire CRPF company,killing 76 CRPF and police personnel in an ambush during a joint offensive against the ultras in the thick forests of Mukrana in Dantewada district.

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