A Timeline Of Major Naxal Attacks In Chhattisgarh. In Pics

April 2021: Twenty-two security personnel were killed in a gunfight with Naxals in the Terram jungles near the Bijapur and Sukma districts. (Representational Image, Source: Getty)

March 2018: Nine Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in an IED blast set off by Maoists in the Sukma district. (Representational Image, Source: Getty)

February 18, 2018: Two Chhattisgarh police personnel killed in a gun-battle with Naxals at Bhejji in Sukma. (Representational Image, Source: Getty)

April 24, 2017: 24 CRPF personnel killed in an encounter with Maoists in Sukma. (Representational Image, Source: Getty)

March 12, 2017: 12 CRPF jawans killed in a Maoist attack in Sukma. March 11, 2014: 15 security personnel killed in a Maoist attack in Sukma district. (Representational Image, Source: Getty)

March 11, 2014: 15 security personnel killed in a Maoist attack in Sukma district. (Representational Image, Source: Getty)

February 28, 2014: Six police officials killed in Maoists’ attack in Dantewada district. (Representational Image, Source: Getty)

May 25, 2013: 25 leaders from the Congress party, including former state minister Mahendra Karma, killed in Maoist attack in Darbha valley. (Representational Image, Source: Getty)

June 29, 2010: 26 CRPF jawans killed in Maoist ambush in Narayanpur district. (Representational Image, Source: Getty)

May 8, 2010: Eight CRPF personnel killed after Naxals carry out an explosion of a bullet-proof vehicle in Bijapur district. (Representational Image, Source: Getty)

April 6, 2010: Maoists kill 75 CRPF personnel in ambush in Dantewada district. (Representational Image, Source: Getty)

September 4, 2009: Maoists kill four villagers in Bijapur district. (Representational Image, Source: Getty)

July 27, 2009: Six persons killed after Naxals trigger landmine in Dantewada district. (Representational Image, Source: Getty)