Raipur, May 28
Nine policemen were killed when members of the banned Naxal outfit CPI (Maoists) triggered a series of landmine blasts targeting a 12-member police party in Bastar district of Chattisgarh, the police said today.
The Maoists carried out two dozen blasts this evening when the motorcycle-borne policemen, during anti-Naxal operations, were passing through the Kudur area.
The police said three cops who survived the attack returned to the Mardapal police station, 22 km from the scene of the attack, and informed the station in charge about the incident.
The Maoists also looted weapons belonging to the policemen, the police said.
— PTI
