Chhattisgarh: Ten policemen, one civilian killed in Maoist attack

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A total of 11 people, including 10 policemen and one civilian, were killed in blast carried out by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada on Wednesday...

Naxals won't be spared," said Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, while confirming the incident...

"The news of the martyrdom of our 10 DRG jawans and a driver due to IED blast on the DRG force which had arrived for anti-Naxal operation on the information of the presence of Maoist cadre under Aranpur police station area of Dantewada is very sad..

The incident took place under Aranpur police station limits when a team of the state police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) was returning after an anti-Naxalite operation, a senior official said.. IED attack by naxals in Dantewada | Names of the DRG jawans who lost their lives in the IED attackOne driver name https://t.co/CiBGyW1tr1..

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