A week after ten security personnel were killed in #Chhattisgarh’s #Dantewada, a massive exercise is being undertaken to comb newly constructed roads for the presence of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), a senior government official said.
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Giving the sequence of events, the IG said that DRG troops and Chhattisgarh Armed Force jawans from #Dantewada launched an anti-Naxalite operation on the intervening night of April 25, on the basis of specific inputs about the presence of Maoists.

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Explosive planted in #Dantewada 2 months before blast, say police http://toi.in/8Hd0Ja/a24gk #press

Why Maoists chose #Dantewada

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#Dantewada attack: Maoists dug tunnel under road to plant 50kg IED, say Chhattisgarh Police http://toi.in/RTEnHZ14/a24gk #press

An alert has been sounded in all seven districts of the #Naxal-hit #Bastar division in #Chhattisgarh following the deadly attack by Naxalites in #Dantewada which claimed the lives of 10 police personnel and one civilian, police said on April 27.
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With security focus on ‘core’ areas, #Dantewada was Maoist soft target http://toi.in/NcgVGY85/a24gk #press

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel pays last respects to 10 DRG jawans and one driver who lost their lives in an IED attack by Naxals in #Dantewada, during a wreath-laying ceremony. CM also meets the family members of the jawans. #press

"Sacrifice of brave personnel will always be remembered…" PM Modi on #Dantewada Naxal attack #press

10 DRG jawans, driver killed in Maoist IED blast in #Dantewada; police say 50kg of explosives used

This is the biggest Maoist attack in Bastar since the April 3, 2021, ambush in Bijapur where 22 jawans were killed and 30 injured.

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Just in | Tributes paid to 11 soldiers killed in #Chhattisgarh's #Dantewada and former Punjab Chief Minister #ParkashSinghBadal. Two-day national mourning announced, reports @deveshpd #press

#Watch | #Chhattisgarh CM says, "#Dantewada incident is heart-rending. My condolences to their families. Their sacrifice won't go to waste. Pressure is being created on naxals, so they did this cowardice. Naxalism will be uprooted. I spoke with HM Amit Shah & Mallikarjun Kharge"… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1651199687255560196 #press

Activist Hidme Markam Walks Out of Jail As Police Fail to Prove Alleged Terror Cases

Markam, a well-known forest rights and prisoners’ rights activist, was accused by the police and the NIA of involvement in Naxal activities and arrested on March 9, 2021. She was acquitted in four cases and granted bail in the last one.

#HidmeMarkam #adivasi #TribalRights #ForestRights #PrisonersRights #NIA #activism #bastar #dantewada #chhattisgarh #UAPA #MastIndia #india

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