Chhattisgarh: Maoists blow bus in Dantewada, kill four people
What's the story
In a gruesome incident, Maoists blew up a bus in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Thursday, killing 4 people, including one security personnel. The attack took place near Bacheli area, and two soldiers of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) died. Last week, in an attack by Maoists a Doordarshan cameraperson lost his life, while two of his colleagues had a close shave.
The attack
Personnel were returning to camp after shopping, were attacked
Initial reports suggested the Naxals triggered an IED blast on a bus. Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava told PTI the bus was attacked while personnel were on their way back from the grocery market. The civilians who died included the bus driver, cleaner and conductor. The CISF unit was deployed for the first phase of upcoming elections.
Twitter Post
Here are the visuals from the hospital
Visuals from Chhattisgarh: 3 civilians and 1 CISF personnel died in the incident where naxals triggered a blast on a bus near Bacheli in Dantewada. Visuals from the hospital. pic.twitter.com/lRMjW26aSw
— ANI (@ANI) November 8, 2018
Elections
PM Modi expected to visit Chhattisgarh soon
The attack happened a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Jagdalpur for an election rally. Jagdalpur is about 100 kms away from where the attack happened. Notably, assembly elections in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases on November 12 and November 20. Bastar, a Maoist dominated area, goes into elections in the first phase.