Dantewada IED blast kills 10 security personnel: A timeline of similar Naxal attacks since 2009

The incident took place under Aranpur police station limits when a team of the state police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG) was returning after an anti-Naxalite operation, news agency PTI reported.

Chhattisgarh | 10 DRG jawans and one civilian driver lost their lives in an IED attack by Naxals in Dantewada, yesterday

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Here is a timeline of the major Naxal attacks in Chhattisgarh:

April 2021: Twenty two security personnel were killed in a gunfight with Naxals in Terram jungles along the borders of Bijapur and Sukma districts.

March 2018: Nine Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in IED blast by Maoists in the Sukma district.

April 24, 2017: 24 CRPF personnel were killed in Sukma district in an encounter with Maoists. A road-opening party of jawans from the 74 Battallion of the CRPF was attacked by Maoists. The attack took place between Burkapal Chintagufa area. The area is part of the worst Maoist-violence affected regions of south Bastar in the state.

Chhattisgarh Maoist attack: 10 security personnel, driver killed in Naxal attack in Dantewada

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March 12, 2017: 12 CRPF jawans were killed in a Maoist attack in insurgency-hit Sukma district in Chhattisgarh. The attack was an ambush. After killing the jawans, the Maoists stole 10 weapons from the dead troopers and detonated an IED explosive. The ambush of troopers from 219 Battalion of CRPF was reported from Sukma’s dense forest areas near Kottacheru village near Bheji village. The location is at a distance of nearly 450 km from state capital Raipur.

March 11, 2014: 15 security personnel killed in a Maoist attack in Sukma district.

February 28, 2014: Maoists attacked police personnel in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. Six police officials including an SHO were killed in the attack.

July 2, 2013: The Superintendent of Police for Pakur, Jharkhand and four other police officials were killed an attack by Naxals in Dumka area in the state.

May 25, 2013: In one of the deadliest attacks by Maoists, 25 leaders from the Congress party were killed including former state minister Mahendra Karma. Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel was also killed in a Maoist attack in Darbha valley in Chhattisgarh.

October 18, 2012: Maoists kill six CRPF jawans and eight left injured including a deputy commandant in the force. The naxals adopt the method of ambush by landmines followed by a gunbattle with the policemen. The attack took place in Gaya district.

June 29, 2010: 26 CRPF jawan killed in Maoist ambush attack in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district. The attack was part of a string of large attacks in the year which was one of the bloodiest in terms of naxal killings.

May 8, 2010: Eight CRPF personnel killed after Naxals carry out an explosion of a bullet-proof vehicle in Bijapur district.

April 6, 2010: In one of the largest naxal attacks on security personnel, Maoists killed 75 CRPF personnel in Dantewada district. A state police official was also killed in the attack.

September 26, 2009: The sons of BJP MP from Balaghat Baliram Kashyap were killed at Pairaguda village in Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh.

July 27, 2009: Six persons killed after Naxals triggered a landmine in Dantewada district.

July 18, 2009: A villager was killed by Naxals in Bastar. Maoists also torched a vehicle in a separate incident. The vehicle was being employed for road construction work in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.

With inputs from PTI