11 DRG Personnel Killed In Naxal Attack in Chhattisgarh; CM Bhupesh Baghel Says 'Naxale Won't Be Spared'-REPORTS

Amit Shah, Union Home Minister, spoke with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel following the attack and assured all possible help

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11 DRG Personnel Killed In Naxal Attack in Chhattisgarh; CM Bhupesh Baghel Says 'Naxale Won't Be Spared'-REPORTS
Ten policemen and a driver were killed on Wednesday, in Aranpur after more than a year-long lull in violence. Their minivan was blown by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. The police personnel were returning from an anti-Maoist operation that was launched after intelligence inputs, reported NDTV. 

The personnel belonged to a District Reserve Guard (DRG), a special force of the Chhattisgarh police that comprises mostly local tribals who have been trained to combat Maoists. The DRG has been instrumental in several successful operations against the rebels in Bastar, a hotbed of left-wing extremism.


Meanwhile, Amit Shah, Union Home Minister, spoke with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel following the attack and assured all possible help. 

"The news of the martyrdom of our 10 DRG jawans and a driver due to an IED blast targeting 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. We share the grief of their families. May their soul rest in peace," Mr Baghel tweeted.

The Maoists aka Naxals have waged an armed insurgency against the government that has killed hundreds of people over six decades. They claimed to have been fighting on behalf of the poorest, who have been left of the country's economic boom.

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