Raipur, April 06: At least 20 CRPF personnel were killed in an attack by Maoists in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh early Tuesday.
The attack took place when a CRPF patrol party was returning from a road-opening duty in the Maoist—infested Mukrana forest in the district between 6 and 7 am.
“We have rushed helicopters to evacuate the casualties,” Chhattisgarh Director General of Police Viswa Ranjan told.
The death toll in the attack may rise as many of the personnel have been seriously injured.
The CRPF patrol party was totally taken aback by the Maoists who surfaced at a hillock to carry out the attack.
During the attack, the Maoists opened indiscriminate fire and triggered an IED blast.
—–PTI