Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel over phone and took stock of the situation after a naxal attack in Dantewada killed 10 policemen on Wednesday. Shah assured Baghel that the Centre would give all possible help to the state government.
“Anguished by the cowardly attack on the Chhattisgarh police at Dantewada. Have spoken to Chhattisgarh's Chief Minister and assured all possible assistance to the state government. My condolences to the bereaved family members of the martyred Jawans,” Shah tweeted.
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. Ten DRG personnel and the diver of the vehicle lost their lives in the blast carried out by the ultras using an Improvised Explosive Device.
DRG is a special force of Chhattisgarh Police and comprises mostly local tribals who have been trained in anti-naxal operations.
"The news of the martyrdom of our 10 DRG jawans and a driver due to IED blast on the DRG force which had arrived for anti-Naxal operation on the information of the presence of Maoist cadre under Aranpur police station area of Dantewada is very sad. We all the people of the state pay our respects to him. We all share in the grief of their families. May his soul rest in peace", Baghel tweeted.
