Dantewada IED Blast Live: PM Modi Condemns Attack, Says Sacrifice Will Always Be Remembered
Dantewada IED Blast Live: Follow this page for all the updates and Breaking News pertaining to the IED blast that killed 10 police personnel in Chhattisgarh on Thursday.
Former Chhattisgarh CM and BJP leader Raman Singh says, "This is a heart-rending incident - both for Chhattisgarh as well as the country. I think it is high time for enhancing interstate joint operation and searching...Home Minister is extending all possible help."
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel cancels his visit to Karnataka. He was scheduled to be there for election campaigning. He will visit Dantewada to pay tribute to the slain jawans and take stock of the situation there
"Dantewada incident is heart-rending. My condolences to their families. Their sacrifice won't go to waste. Pressure is being created on naxals, so they did this cowardice. Naxalism will be uprooted. I spoke with HM Amit Shah & Mallikarjun Kharge," CM Bhupesh Baghel.
Security personnel and ambulances at the spot in Dantewada where 10 DRG jawans and one civilian driver lost their lives in an IED attack by naxals.
Strongly condemn the attack on the Chhattisgarh police in Dantewada. I pay my tributes to the brave personnel we lost in the attack. Their sacrifice will always be remembered. My condolences to the bereaved families: PM Narendra Modi
It's an unfortunate incident. I pay my condolences. We should make a resolution that their sacrifice should not go in vain. The government is not working seriously against the Naxalites. They are only saying in newspapers that Naxalites have been wiped out: Chhattisgarh BJP leader Brijmohan Agrawal
Visuals from the spot in Dantewada where 10 DRG jawans and one civilian driver lost their lives in an IED attack by naxals.
"This is very saddening. I express my condolences to the families of jawans who have been martyred. This war is in its last phase and the Naxalites will not be spared," says Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel.
DRG means District Reserve Guard, who are special personnel of Chhattisgarh Police. They have been recruited specially to fight Naxalites. Naxalites who surrender and people who grew up in Bastar are included in this force.
As many as 10 DRG jawans lost their lives in the IED attack. One driver named Dhaniram Yadav also lost his life in the attack.
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, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Secret Information was received about presence of Naxals. DRG jawans were sent to the spot. When they were returning after the search, an IED attack took place in which 10 DRG jawans and one driver lost their lives. Extra force has been sent to the spot: Chhattisgarh Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu
"...10 DRG jawans and one civilian driver lost their lives in the attack...Bodies of all of them are being evacuated from the spot. Senior officers are present there. Search operation is underway," says IG Bastar, P Sundarraj.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks with Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel over the naxal attack that claimed lives of 10 DRG (District Reserve Guard) personnel and one driver, in Dantewada. Amit Shah assured all the possible help to Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, according to Home Ministry officials.
At least police personnel and a civilian were killed in an explosion orchestrated by suspected Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada on Wednesday. The attack comes a day after Inspector General of Police of Bastar Range Sundarraj P said that More than 400 Maoist cadres are surrendering every year.
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Ten police personnel and a driver were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday. According to reports, the explosion has been orchestrated by suspected Maoists and it comes a day after Inspector General of Police of Bastar Range Sundarraj P said that more than 400 Maoist cadres are surrendering every year.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said the explosion was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED). He said the team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was on an anti-naxal operation in the area. "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 people of the state pay our respects to them. We all share in the grief of their families. May their souls rest in peace," the CM tweeted.
As per reports, the policemen were returning from an anti-Maoist operation that was launched after intelligence inputs. The police personnel belonged to the District Reserve Guard (DRG), a special force of the Chhattisgarh police that comprises mostly of local tribals who have been trained to combat the Maoists.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to the Chhattisgarh chief minister and sought the details of the attack. Amit Shah also assured the Centre's full support to Chhattisgarh government in the matter.
“On average, more than 400 Maoist cadres are surrendering every year. A special campaign named “Lone Varratu” has been conducted in District Dantewada for this purpose and results are great,” Sundarraj P was quoted as saying by news agency ANI on Tuesday.
It is to be noted that last week, the Chhattisgarh Police downed a Maoist cadre in an encounter and arrested two in the Bastar district.
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