9 killed as Naxals blow up vehicle carrying security personnel in Chhattisgarh
9 killed as Naxals blow up vehicle carrying security personnel in Chhattisgarh 9 killed as Naxals blow up vehicle carrying security personnel in Chhattisgarh
NewsIndiaChhattisgarh9 killed as Naxals blow up vehicle carrying security personnel in Chhattisgarh
Naxals on Monday blew up a vehicle carrying District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel on Kutru Road in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.
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Photo from the spot in Bijapur where an IED blast killed eight DRG jawans and one driver.
In Short
- Naxals attacked District Reserve Guard vehicle in Bijapur
- IED blast killed eight security personnel, driver
- Incident happened on Bedre-Kutru Road in Bijapur
Eight District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawans and a driver were killed after Naxals blew up their vehicle using an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district. The blast occurred on the Bedre-Kutru Road in the district.
The security personnel were returning from an operation when the incident happened.
“The security personnel were returning from a joint operation of Dantewada, Narayanpur, and Bijapur when, at around 2.15 pm on January 6, unidentified Maoists detonated an IED near Ambeli village in the Kutru police station area of Bijapur district,” Inspector General of Police (IGP) Bastar said.
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“We will soon release a detailed statement on this,” the official added.
This comes a day after five Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar. The gunfight broke out on Saturday evening (January 4) at a forest in south Abujhmaad along the border of Narayanpur and Dantewada districts when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation.