CRPF creates new operations base in Chhattisgarh’s Maoist stronghold

New Delhi: The CRPF has opened a new operations base in the heart of a strong Maoist corridor in Chhattisgarh’s south Bastar region as part of its expanding footprint into core Left Wing Extremism-affected areas of the state.

  The forward operating base at ‘Pujari Kanker’ in the Bijapur district was established on February 13 by the 196th and 205th CoBRA battalion of the force along with assistance from various other units of the paramilitary force deployed in and around the area.

The remote area where the forward operating base (FOB) has been established is surrounded by hills and houses training camps, weapons and ammunition dump and rations units of the Maoists from the south and west Bastar divisions.

A commando of the CoBRA unit of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast when this FOB was being created.