9 dead as Maoists attack security vehicle in Chhattisgarh
Hindustan TimesNine people died in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Monday after Maoists used an improvised explosive device to blow up a vehicle carrying members of the district reserve guard — the first major insurgent strike amid a string of ferocious encounters by security forces over the past year to eradicate Left-wing extremism in the state. “The victims, members of the District Reserve Guard, a specialised anti-Naxalite unit of the state police, were returning from an operation when the explosion ripped through their vehicle,” said the IG. “There were nine SUVs ferrying the DRG jawans from Bedre camp of security camp to Dantewada,” said the DIG, adding the road opening party was present on the left side of the road and the IED was triggered from the right side. “The extra security personnel have reached the area and combing operation in the nearby area is going on,” said Sunderraj, adding that the identification of the jawans was going to be announced soon.