Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh

Sukma, Mar 13: Nine CRPF personnel were martyred and 10 others injured today in a Maoist attack + when their Mine Protected Vehicle (MPV) blew up in the restive Sukma district of Chhattisgarh's Bastar division.

According to official sources, the casualties are likely to rise. The injured personnel are being airlifted to Raipur.

Reports suggested that about 100 Naxals laid an ambush and carried out an IED blast in Kistaram area of Sukma.

Dinesh Kashyam, MP, Bastar, while speaking to media, confirmed that the number of martyrs has increased to nine from an earlier announced eight- though CRPF maintained the number to be eight.

Last April, in the biggest Maoist attack on CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh in the last seven years, 25 jawans were killed and six injured in an ambush in the Burkapal area of Sukma.