Raipur: In the latest
Naxal attack, a powerful landmine blast in a truck in Dantewada’s Melawada
village in Chhattisgarh killed seven Central Railway Parel Workshop (CRPW)
jawans on Wednesday.
The Naxalites looted
the weapons in the truck after exploding the mine which left a massive four
feet crater in the road, a deadly pointer of the amount of explosives used.
Speaking on the
incident, Chhattisgarh Home Minister Ajay Chandrakar said, “It was a major
lapse on part of forces to move without uniform and arms. This is violation of
rules where soldiers should not move in sensitive areas unprepared.” “We will
investigate why this carelessness occurred,” he further added.
The truck carrying the
CRPF jawans hit the landmine as it travelled through the forested and remote
Dantewada district, 354kms south of the capital, Raipur.
Sadanand Date,
Inspector General of CRPF, Chhattisgarh said the camp where the jawans were
headed had been set up two months ago, and the area had seen many successful
operations since then. “Since the 230 battalion was put in place, there have
been many successes such as arrests and surrenders, and it is an area where the
situation was improving,” he added.
The seven men have been
identified as Vijay Raj, Pradeep Tirkey, Ranjan Das, Devendra Chaurasia, K
Darshu, J Rajendra and the driver Nana Udayveer Singh. “Their bodies were
brought to Jagdalpur at night and will most likely be taken to Raipur early
Thursday morning,” a senior police officer said.
Dantewada, part of the
mineral rich Bastar region, has long been a Naxal stronghold area.
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