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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.
3 February: A Maoist was killed and weapons seized in an encounter in Kanker district, Chattisgarh. [339] 4 February: Two civilians were killed by Maoists after attacking them with a sharp edged weapon in Bijapur district, Chattisgarh. [340] 5 February: A civilian was killed by Maoists accusing him of a Police informer in Dantewada district ...
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. [91] [92] [93] They also killed civilians suspected of helping the government and those who were involved in building public infrastructure.
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]
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A Maoist issued a four-page media statement, signed by Gudsa Usendi on behalf of spokesperson for the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee, CPI (Maoist), taking full responsibility for the attack, and narrated as the punishment for Salwa Judum founder Mahendra Karma. The statement said that Karma was the prime target of the attack along with ...