Ten police personnel, driver killed in blast by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada
The policemen were returning from an anti-Maoist operation that was launched after intelligence inputs, officials said.
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The policemen were returning from an anti-Maoist operation that was launched after intelligence inputs, officials said.
Ten policemen and a driver were killed on Thursday when their vehicle was blown up by an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, officials said.
10 policemen and driver of their vehicle killed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemned the Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada that killed 10 policemen and a driver today. PM Modi said the "sacrifice" of the policemen "will always be remembered".
The bomb used by the Naxalites in Chhattisgarh weighed 50 kilograms, preliminary investigations have found.