'Stop police attack on villagers': Naxals leave note at Dantewada ambush site
Two policemen and a cameraperson of Doordarshan were killed and two others were injured in a Maoist attack on Tuesday in poll-bound Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.
The Naxals left a note in the attack site. The note said, 'Gaon par police hamle , janta par farzi muthbheden , mahilaon par atyachaar band karein .' It translates to, " Stop police attack on villagers, stop fake encounters, stop assaulting women".
Dantewada: #Visuals from the spot where two police personnel & a DD cameraman lost their lives in an attack by Naxals. Two security personnel injured in the attack are undergoing treatment. #Chhattisgarh pic.twitter.com/ymo1sLWOTd
— ANI (@ANI) October 30, 2018
Dantewada: More #Visuals from the spot where 2 police personnel & a DD cameraman lost their lives in an attack by Naxals. Two security personnel injured in the attack are undergoing treatment. The third picture is of assistant cameraman of DD who survived the attack.#Chhattisgarh pic.twitter.com/gnWXz4lH3w
— ANI (@ANI) October 30, 2018
The incident took place at around 11 am in a forest area near Nilawaya village, around 450 kms from Raipur, Deputy Inspector General (anti-naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI. The maoists ambushed a squad of local police which was carrying out patrolling on motor cycles from Sameli camp towards Nilawaya on Tuesday morning, he said. A three-member team of Doordarshan was travelling for election-related news coverage at the same time and was caught in the cross-fire, he said.In the attack, Sub Inspector Rudra Pratap Singh, Assistant Constable Mangalu and DD News Cameraman Achyutanand Sahu were killed, Sundarraj said. Sahu had come from New Delhi for the election coverage, he said.
Other two members of the DD team, including a journalist, were safe, the officer said. Constable Vishnu Netam and Assistant Constable Rakesh Kaushal sustained injuries in the gunfight, he added. The injured have been admitted to Dantewada district hospital, he said, adding that if required, they would be airlifted to Raipur for further medication.
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