07-11-2007, 08:30 AM
<b>Naxalites hit police team, gun down 24 in Chhattisgarh</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Naxalites attacked a police team with light machine guns and mortar bombs in a dense forest area of Chhattisgarh, killing at least 24 security personnel, a senior police official said on Tuesday.
The officer said that a 115-strong team, which included CRPF and district police personnel, was attacked in Dantewada district in the southern Bastar region, about 520 km from state capital Raipur.
Bodies of 24 policemen had been recovered, RK Vij, inspector general of police for Bastar range, told Hindustan Times. Sixteen of the dead were CRPF men. âOne unidentified body was also found, believed to be that of a Maoist,â he added.
The police team was sent to the remote Arpalmeta
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PM Moron Singh is having sound sleep after last week's short sleep disturbance.
The officer said that a 115-strong team, which included CRPF and district police personnel, was attacked in Dantewada district in the southern Bastar region, about 520 km from state capital Raipur.
Bodies of 24 policemen had been recovered, RK Vij, inspector general of police for Bastar range, told Hindustan Times. Sixteen of the dead were CRPF men. âOne unidentified body was also found, believed to be that of a Maoist,â he added.
The police team was sent to the remote Arpalmeta
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PM Moron Singh is having sound sleep after last week's short sleep disturbance.