Maoists attack CRPF party in Chhattisgarh, 26 killed

Maoists attack CRPF party in Chhattisgarh, 26 jawans killed

Twenty six CRPF jawans have been killed and 23 injured in what is being seen as another major Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh.
Sources said at least 90 Maoists ambushed a 70-strong CRPF road-opening party in an area under Dhaurai police station in Narayanpur district of the state, at about 3 pm on Tuesday.

The CRPF men were securing the area ahead of a two-day Naxal-sponsored bandh starting tomorrow.

Reinforcements were on the way and IAF helicopters would be used to evacuate the injured and bring back the dead early on Wednesday morning, the sources said.

In the country's worst Maoist attack ever, at least 75 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and a state police personnel were killed in an ambush on On April 6, in the thick Mukrana forests of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. (Read: 76 security men killed by Naxals in Chhattisgarh)