Naxal attack in poll-bound Chhattisgarh: Jawan among five killed as CISF vehicle blown up in Dantewada

Two CISF personnel were also injured in the incident, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava told PTI.

Some body parts on trees, vegetables strewn all over. Some CISF personnel had come down to Bacheli Town from the mines on the hill for supplies @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/JNL2g4oxWV

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Security forces sanitise the area.

The explosion took place in a hilly area in Bacheli in Dantewada when the personnel were returning to their camp after purchasing groceries from the market, Pallava said. The civilians killed in the blast included the bus driver, conductor and cleaner, he added.

The personnel belonged to a CISF unit that has been deployed in the area for the first phase of the forthcoming polls in the state. And the bus was acquired by CISF for election duty.

The bus was acquired by the CISF for election duty. The personnel were returning from Bacheli town after buying groceries and vegetables.

Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in Chhattisgarh next week in two phases on November 12 and November 20. The first phase is to be held in the Naxal affected constituencies of Bastar region that falls in the southern part of the central Indian state.