Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh on Monday and attended a wreath-laying ceremony to pay tribute to the security personnel who died in an attack by the Naxals on Saturday. Shah and Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel laid wreaths at the coffins of 14 security personnel.

Alarmingly, 20 two security personnel were killed and 31 others injured in the gunfight with Naxals between Jonaguda and Tekalguda villages along the border of Sukma and Bijapur districts on Saturday.

After attending the wreath-laying ceremony, Shah proceeded to hold a meeting with top officials in Jagdalpur over the Naxal attack. He will later meet the injured jawans and visit the CRPF camp, government sources said.

Shah, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and other dignitaries laid the wreath on the mortal remains of the security personnel.

The wreath-laying ceremony of other martyred jawans, who belonged to Bijapur district, was held in the Bijapur town where local public representatives and senior officials were present.

It is Shah's first visit to the Bastar region after assuming the charge of Union home minister, an official said.

Shah is scheduled to chair a high-level meeting at the Police Coordination Centre here on the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) situation. Chief Minister Baghel, senior officials of the state police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will attend the meeting, he said.

The Union home minister on Sunday vowed a befitting response to Naxals and said the battle against the extremists will be won through joint efforts of the central and state governments.

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