Raipur: Maoists on Sunday night carried out a deadly attack on a patrol party of paramilitary Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district in which six jawans and a civilian driver were killed, police said.
“Dozens of armed Maoists ambushed a vehicle carrying a patrol team of the CISF jawans and sprayed bullets all around. Six troopers were killed besides a civilian driver,” Dantewada Superintendent of Police Narendra Khare told IANS.
Additional DGP (Maoist operation) Ramniwas said that the guerrillas ambushed the troopers around 9.30 pm. (IANS)