Monday, November 29, 1999

Maoists blast CRPF vehicle, seven killed

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Raipur, May 8 (IANS) Seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed Saturday when Maoist guerrillas blew up their vehicle in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, a month after the rebels slaughtered 76 security personnel in the same region.'The Maoists blew up a bullet-proof vehicle in the Koretal forested stretch with a landmine. At least seven CRPF men were killed,' Director General of Police Vishwa Ranjan told IANS. A CRPF trooper was injured.Two civilians who were on a motorcycle in the vicinity when the landmine exploded with a deafening roar were also injured.The dead men were from the 168 CRPF battalion, Ranjan said. Bijapur is nearly 480 km south of Raipur, the state capital.The attack took place in the sprawling Bastar region where the Maoists killed 75 CRPF personnel and a Chhattisgarh policeman and took away their arms and ammunition April 6.It was the deadliest Maoist strike since their insurgency began in the country more than four decades ago from the village of Naxalbari in West Bengal.The April massacre shocked India's security establishment as the supposedly trained CRPF men had walked into a Maoist trap and were killed after being ringed from three sides.The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), which is now active in dozens of districts across the country, vowed to carry out more such attacks on security forces.Officials admit that the CPI-Maoist is the de facto ruler in the forested interiors of mineral-rich Bastar region, whose dominant population is made of tribals.

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