5 cops killed as Maoists blow up bus in Chhattisgarh

Five police personnel were killed and 13 others injured as Maoists blew up the bus in which they were traveling in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Tuesday, senior police officials said.

The landmine explosions took place between Kanhargaon and Kadenar villages under Dhaudai police station limits. Personnel of the police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG) were returning in the bus to Narayanpur town, 300 km away from capital Raipur, after a counter-insurgency operation, said Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P. “Five DRG personnel, including the driver, were killed in the explosions,” he told PTI.

Reinforcement was rushed to the spot and bodies and injured personnel were evacuated from the forest. The injured personnel are being airlifted to Raipur in an Indian Air Force chopper for treatment, the IG added.


Those killed were identified as head constables Pavan Mandavi and Jailal Uikey, constables Karah Dehari and Seval Salaam and assistant constable Vijay Patel.

CM Bhupesh Baghel condemned the attack.“Maoists are frustrated as they are losing ground... Operations against the Maoists will be intensified,” he said in a statement.