Two CoBRA commandos of the CRPF were injured in an exchange of fire with Naxals on Monday (December 23, 2024) while they were securing a forward base set up in a remote jungle area of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, officials said.

The incident took place at the Gomguda forward operating base (FOB) of the Central Reserve Police Force that was established by the troops on Sunday.

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The FOB belongs to the 241st battalion of the paramilitary force and is located under the Chintalnar Police Station area.

Two commandos of the specialised jungle warfare unit of the force — CoBRA — battalion number 206 have been injured in the exchange of fire with Naxals, the officials said.

They have been rushed to a nearby medical facility and are stable, they said.

The troops mounted effective retaliation, officials said.

The CRPF is continuously establishing FOBs inside deep and remote jungle areas to take on Maoists and take on them in the unchartered areas of the south Bastar region, about 400 km from capital Raipur.

It has established over 40 such FOBs in Chhattisgarh over the last two years.

The Union government has declared it will end the Naxal menace by March 2026 from the country.