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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]
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In April 2010, the Maoist terrorists killed at least 75 Indian soldiers in a series of attacks on security convoys in Dantewada. [4] In May 2010, the Naxals targeted the Special Police Officers traveling in a civilian bus, killing around 31, [ 5 ] to 44, [ 6 ] including several Special Police Officers and civilians.
26 July: A Maoist was killed in an encounter with the security forces in Damarathogu-Alligudem forest area, Telangana. [293] 29 July: Two Naxalite were arrested in Shoranur and Kochi in Kerala. [294] 2 August: A senior Maoist leader was arrested in Kerala. [295] 10 August: A Maoist was killed by the security forces in Dantewada district ...
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The Sukma attack was an ambush carried out by the Communist Party of India (Maoist) against Indian paramilitary forces on 24 April 2017, during the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency. It was the largest ambush since a similar attack in 2010 , in the neighbouring district of Dantewada .