Six CRPF jawans killed in Naxal attack in Bijapur

Raipur, May 8 (PTI) Six CRPF jawans were Saturday
killed and 10 injured when Naxals blew up a bullet-proof
vehicle in Bijapur district of Chhhattisgarh, the first major
attack after the Dantewada ambush which left 76 security men
dead a month ago.
The naxalites carried out the IED blast near
Pedakodepal village on NH16, 14 kms from the district
headquarters in Bijapur in Chhhattisgarh state in central
India, and fired at the security personnel, Additional
Director General, Naxal Operation, Ram Niwas said.
Six Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel of
168 Battalion, including a driver, who were travelling in a
bunker vehicle from Basaguda Avapalli to Bijapur, 284 km from
here, were killed while 10 others were injured, he said.
"It appears that the security personnel ignored the
instruction not to travel in any kind of vehicle in the
naxal-infested areas," State Home Minister Nankiram Kanwar
said.
The injured have been admitted to hospital in
Jagdalpur in the state.
Naxalites had on April 6 carried out their deadliest
attack killing 76 CRPF personnel in Mukrana forests of
Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. PTI