"The total strength of a Maoist cadre in the area would not be more than 300 so the assumption is that one entire Maoist force may have been involved in the attack".
"The troopers replied in a fitting manner but taking geographical position to their advantage, the Maoists succeeded in inflicting loss to the CRPF", a CRPF statement said.
"The distance between us and the Maoists was hardly 100 metres".
Sukma is part of the Naxalite stronghold in Chhattisgarh and this is not the first of such attacks in Sukma district.
Khan said there were women in the group of Naxalites that attacked the CRPF team in Sukma. Sukma is a part of south Bastar, which has for decades been battling the guerrillas.
On April 6, 2010, 76 personnel of the CRPF were killed in an attack in Dantewada.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday directed acting chief of the CRPF and a top security officer to stay put in Chhattisgarh to ensure coordinated "targeted" operations against the Naxals, apparently unhappy over the functioning of the paramilitary force. The controversial Act gives sweeping powers, such as the right to shoot at sight, to the forces. "How does the present government propose to tackle Naxalites?"
The IG Bastar said the Maoists carried out the attack out of frustrations as it has suffered many reveres in the state in the recent past.
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He called for talks with all stakeholders to bring Maoist violence under control. He also ordered a full state funeral for all six victims of Naxal violence.
Burkapal is nearly five kilometres from Kala Pathar in Sukma district where the bloodiest massacre since 2010 occurred at around 12.30 p.m. when the insurgents, women included, ambushed the 74th Battalion.
He said the families of the jawans who were killed and injured while in uniform would get the highest consideration from Central and State governments.
Around 7-8 personnel, who were earlier reported missing, have been accounted for, he said. Three of the troopers were residents of West Bengal.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said he was "extremely distressed" over the attack, as he cut short his Delhi visit and rushed to Raipur.
Almost 200 of them are reported to have died in six major attacks in Chhattisgarh since April 2010, local media reported.
Condemning the gruesome ambush by the Maoists on CRPF men in Chhattisgarh's Sukma, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government doesn't have any political approach, nor they have policy to handle Naxalism.
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