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4 missing Chhattisgarh cops yet to be traced

September 22, 2010 23:11 IST

Four policemen, who are missing since Sunday last from Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, are yet to be traced.

They were part of a team that had left for Bhadrakali police station in the district from Bhopalpatnam on September 20, Bijapur district police officials told PTI by phone today.

Three members of the team were killed by suspected Naxals and their bodies recovered from the forests near Dipla village, police had said on Monday.

Teams from CRPF, district police and Special Police Officers have been sent in search of the missing personnel, the officials said.

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