3 Greyhound commandos killed in Telangana in Naxal attack
This was the first fatality of the year for the state police, which is engaged in anti-Maoist operations.
This was the first fatality of the year for the state police, which is engaged in anti-Maoist operations.
Amid heightened security for local body elections, Naxal insurgents struck again in Southern Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Tuesday, injuring a CRPF jawan in a targeted IED blast. The attack, which occurred in the Aranpur police station area, has reignited concerns over Naxal violence disrupting democratic processes in the Bastar region.
Two Special Task Force (STF) personnel were martyred and four others sustained injuries when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Naxalites detonated in Bijapur district.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday spoke to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and took stock of the Dantewada incident that claimed the lives of 10 District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel and one driver.
The incident took place on the intervening night of March 19-20 near village Alparas and Gundul under Koyelibeda police station limits, Bastar Range IG, P Sundarraj said.
Bijapur was among 18 constituencies that voted in the first phase of the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh on November 12.
Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi who addressed a rally in Chhattisgarh's Kanker attacked the BJP government over alleged inaction against insolvent businessmen who have 'fled the country'.
The home minister said the success of the government's surrender policy was pushing Naxal cadres to shun the path of violence.
Police have, however, rubbished the statement, questioning if Sahu wasn’t targeted, why was his camera taken away.
In the video, Mormukut Sharma, 35, a lighting assistant, is seen recording himself to send a message to his mother as sound of gunfire and explosions are heard in the background.
