New Delhi: Ten policemen and a civilian have been killed in a Maoist assault in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada, officers mentioned on Wednesday. According to officers, Naxalites blew up the mini-goods van by which a group of the Chhattisgarh police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG) was travelling through the use of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
The Maoist assault came about beneath Aranpur police station limits when the safety personnel have been returning after an anti-Naxalite operation.
#WATCH | Visuals from the spot in Dantewada the place 10 DRG jawans and one civilian driver misplaced their lives in an IED assault by naxals. #Chhattisgarh pic.twitter.com/GD8JJIbEt2
— ANI (@ANI) April 26, 2023
Reacting to the Dantewada assault, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel mentioned that it’s ‘very saddening’ and that the Naxals will not be ‘spared’.
“It is very saddening. My condolences to the bereaved families. This fight is in its last stage. Naxals won’t be spared,” Bhupesh Baghel advised reporters.Â
#WATCH | On reviews of an IED assault by naxals on safety personnel in Dantewada, claiming the lives of 11 personnel, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel says, “There is such information with us. It is very saddening. My condolences to the bereaved families. This fight is in its last… https://t.co/n1YV67sIoi pic.twitter.com/CC8Dj0uAca
— ANI (@ANI) April 26, 2023
Amit Shah ‘Anguished’ by ‘cowardly’ Naxal assault in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada
Union Home Minister Amit Shah mentioned that he’s ‘anguished’ by the ‘cowardly’ Naxal assault on the Chhattisgarh police at Dantewada. He mentioned that spoke to Bhupesh Baghel and warranted all attainable help.
“Anguished by the cowardly attack on the Chhattisgarh police at Dantewada. Have spoken to Chhattisgarh’s Chief Minister and assured all possible assistance to the state government. My condolences to the bereaved family members of the martyred Jawans,” Amit Shah mentioned in a tweet.
Anguished by the cowardly assault on the Chhattisgarh police at Dantewada. Have spoken to Chhattisgarh’s Chief Minister and warranted all attainable help to the state authorities. My condolences to the bereaved relations of the martyred Jawans.
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) April 26, 2023
Earlier this month, 4 Naxalites, who have been allegedly concerned within the killing of a former village head, have been arrested within the Dantewada district. They have been nabbed by the DRG throughout an anti-Naxal operation from a weekly truthful in Tumrigunda village beneath the Barsur police station limits on April 4, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Siddharth Tiwari mentioned.
The arrested lower-rung Naxalite cadres have been energetic because the Local Organisation Squad (LOS) and Militia members beneath the Indravati Area Committee of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), the police officer mentioned.
They have been allegedly concerned within the killing of a former sarpanch of Himameta village and different violent incidents within the space this 12 months, he added.
Last week, a Maoist was additionally killed in a gun battle with safety personnel in a forest in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district. Two Naxals, one in every of them injured, have been additionally apprehended following the encounter.
The gunfight came about on April 18 close to the Kachlawari village beneath Naimed police station limits, positioned about 400 km from the state capital Raipur, when a group of the District Reserve Guard was out on a search operation, Bijapur Superintendent of Police Anjneya Varshney mentioned.
Security personnel had launched the patrolling from Reddy camp performing on the inputs of the presence of senior leaders of the Bhairamgarh space committee of Maoists, he mentioned.
“After the exchange of fire stopped, the body of a male Maoist was recovered from the spot. Besides, two Maoists, one of them in injured condition, were rounded up,” the official mentioned.
