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2023 terrorist attack

2023 Dantewada bombing

Date	26 April 2023
Location	Aranpur, Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, India
Result	operation in progress

Belligerents

Chhattisgarh Police

Communist Party of India (Maoist)

Strength

10 policemen and their driver

Unknown

Casualties and losses

10 policemen and a civilian driver killed

Unknown

v t e Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
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Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

Timeline

On 26 April 2023, a blast took place in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. While they were returning from an anti-Maoist operation undertaken based on intelligence inputs, a party of ten policemen and their driver who were members of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) of Chhattisgarh Police were killed in a blast caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated by Naxals. The incident happened in the Dantewada neighborhood of the Aranpur police station.

Background

For more than 60 years, the Maoists, also known as the Naxals, have waged an armed insurrection against the Indian government. They contend that they are fighting for the most vulnerable people, who they claim have been left out of the nation's economic development. Since asserting control over extensive tracts of terrain in central and eastern India, the group has been regarded as the greatest threat to the nation's internal security, creating a so-called "red corridor." They conduct their operations against the Indian government and army out of dense forests in a covert manner.

Attack

After learning that there were Naxalites in the Aranpur neighborhood of Dantewada, the DRG forces went there. They were engaged in a local anti-Maoist operation. The Maoists attacked their vehicle with an IED attack as they were leaving the region. The vehicle's return route had been the one where the explosives had been placed. Ten DRG employees and their driver died as a result of the attack.

Aftermath

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel responded to the event by sending his sympathies to the victims' families and denouncing the assault. Additionally, he tweeted that the attack on DRG jawans was regrettable and that everyone should show respect for the deceased. Following the attack, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel called Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who assured him of all possible assistance.

References

Dwary, Anurag (26 April 2023). Roy, Divyanshu Dutta (ed.). "10 Cops, Driver Killed In Blast By Maoists In Chhattisgarh's Dantewada". NDTV.com. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
Satapathy, Sagarika (26 April 2023). "Chhattisgarh: IED blast kills 10 Jawans, Driver in Dantewada".
"10 security personnel, driver killed in Maoist IED blast in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada". India Today. 26 April 2023.
"10 troopers, 1 driver killed in Maoist attack". Kashmir Walla. 26 April 2023. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Dantewada Maoist attack: Amit Shah assures Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel of all central assistance". 26 April 2023.

Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

Events

Naxalite–Maoist

CPI-Maoist	Maoist Communist Centre People's Liberation Guerrilla Army People's War Group
CPI Marxist–Leninist	Ajmer Group Central Team Janashakti Liberation Mukherjee Naxalbari New Democracy Organizing Committee Provisional Central Committee Rao Red Flag Red Star Reorganization Centre Re-organizing Committee Sanyal Shantipal Somnath
Others	All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries Centre of Indian Communists Communist Ghadar Party Communist Party of Bharat Communist Party of United States of India Communist Revolutionary Centre Lal Jhanda Dal Maoist Communist Party of Manipur Revolutionary Communist Centre Revolutionary Socialist Party Revolutionary Communist Unity Centre
People	Azad Anand Ashutosh Tudu Charu Majumdar Deo Kumar Singh Dipankar Bhattacharya Jagdish Mahto Jangal Santhal Kanu Sanyal Kondapalli Seetharamaiah Koora Rajanna Kosa Kishenji Mahadev Mukherjee Mahendar Prasad Singh Milind Teltumbde Muppala Lakshmana Rao Nambala Keshava Rao Narmada Akka P.C. Unnichekkan Prashant Bose Ravindra Singh Kushwaha Sabitha Kumari Sabyasachi Panda Santosh Rana Satyanarayan Singh Shankar Rao Sushital Ray Chowdhury Yalavarthi Naveen Babu

Government and
counterinsurgency

Central agencies	Border Security Force Central Armed Police Forces Central Reserve Police Force Commando Battalion for Resolute Action Rapid Action Force National Security Guard Special Protection Group
State armed and tactical units	Andhra Pradesh Greyhounds Bihar Chhattisgarh Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Kerala Thunderbolts Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Force One Odisha Special Operation Group Special Tactical Unit Tamil Nadu Telangana West Bengal Counter Insurgency Force
Militia	Bajrang Dal Bhumi Sena Kuer Sena Lorik Sena Ranvir Sena Salwa Judum Sunlight Sena Tritiya Prastuti Committee
People	Brahmeshwar Singh Mahendra Karma Pranay Sahay Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar