10 police personnel, driver killed in blast carried out by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada

Dantewada, Apr 26 (PTI) Ten police personnel and a driver were killed in a blast carried out by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Wednesday, officials said.

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, a senior official said.

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The area is located around 450 km from state capital Raipur.

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Naxalites blew up the mini-goods van in which the security personnel were travelling by using an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), police sources said.
Further details were awaited.