8 Chhattisgarh cops among 9 killed as maoists blow up SUV

In Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, Maoists detonated a 70 kg improvised explosive device, killing nine people, including eight DRG jawans and a civilian driver, in one of the biggest attacks on security forces in the state in two years. The incident occurred a day after security forces killed five Maoists in a counter-operation, with the DRG personnel involved in an anti-Maoist mission in the border areas of Narayanpur, Dantewada, and Bijapur districts. Reinforcements were deployed, and a search operation is underway in the region.

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