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The April 2010 Dantewada Maoist attack [1] [2] was an 6 April 2010 ambush by Naxalite-Maoist insurgents from the Communist Party of India (Maoist) near Chintalnar village in Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, India, leading to the killing of 76 CRPF policemen and 8 Maoists [3] — the deadliest attack by the Maoists on Indian security forces.
On 26 April 2023, a blast took place in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.While they were returning from an anti-Maoist operation undertaken based on intelligence inputs, a party of ten policemen and their driver who were members of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) of Chhattisgarh Police were killed in a blast caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated by Naxals.
Five of the ten DRG personnel killed in the attack were former Maoists. [5] It was the first major casualties for the DRG in the Bastar region. [6] [7] In September 2023, a joint operation by the District Reserve Guard and the Central Reserve Police Force killed nine Maoists during an encounter in the Dantewada district. [8]
Over 164 killed, over 600 injured 11 coordinated attacks by proven Pakistani terrorists; casualties include people of various nationalities, and Israeli victims were reportedly tortured before being killed. [95] April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada: 6 April 2010 Chhattisgarh: 76 Maoist militant ambushed CRPF 2010 Dantewada bus bombing: 17 May 2010
Over the last year, [when?] more than 350 people have been killed and 50,000 moved into camps in the Dantewada district, as a result of a Maoist uprising. In April 2010, the Maoist terrorists killed at least 75 Indian soldiers in a series of attacks on security convoys in Dantewada. [ 4 ]
The 2010 Dantewada bus bombing occurred on 17 May 2010 when a bus hit a landmine 50 km away from Dantewada, in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. Fatalities reports range from 31 [2] to 44, [3] including several Special Police Officers (SPOs) and civilians. [4] [2] It was the first Naxal attack to target a civilian bus. [5]
The Maoists targeted security personnel involved in the operations against them with major attacks such as the Silda camp attack, Dantewada ambush and 2010 Dantewada bus bombing. [ 93 ] [ 94 ] [ 95 ] They also killed civilians suspected of helping the government and those who were involved in building public infrastructure.
A senior security official said that Rao alias Basavraj has been at the forefront in 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada in which 76 CRPF soldiers were killed, the Jeeram Ghati attack in which 27 people, including former state minister Mahendra Karma [3] and Chhattigarh Congress leader Nand Kumar Patel, were killed.