Raipur: Reports of a major Naxal attack on CRPF Jawans near the CG-Orissa border have erupted. It is being learnt that 3 Jawans of the CRFP of the 19th Battalion were killed.

The Road Opening Party (ROP) of the 19th Battalion Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was attacked at Naupada on the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border on Tuesday afternoon.

The attack was carried out at Sahajpani village under the Boden police station in Naupada district of Odisha around 2:30 pm on Tuesday, sources in the know said. The deceased jawans are ASI Shishu Pal Singh, ASI Shiv Lal, and Constable Dharmendra Kumar Singh.

Further details on the attack are awaited.