10 Indian Policemen Killed in Maoist Rebel Attack

An Improvised explosive device (IED) in the Chhattisgarh district of Bastar, Central India, on Wednesday, killing ten police officers and their driver, reports said.

The police officers were members of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), a specialised unit of the Chhattisgarh police made up primarily of indigenous tribal people who have received special training to fight Maoists.

It was the worst attack in the previous two years. During an anti-insurgency operation in the Sukma area of Chhattisgarh in April 2021, Maoist rebels killed at least 22 police officers.

In the previous month, a Maoist attack on a bus carrying more than 20 police officers in the state’s Narayanpur district resulted in the deaths of five police officers and the injury of numerous others, according to local police.

The long-running Maoist insurgency in India began in the 1960s and has claimed thousands of lives over the years, but the level of violence has significantly decreased recently. They claim to be fighting for those left out of the country’s economic boom, the poorest.

Since 1967, a so-called “red corridor” has been established across central and eastern India by the group deemed to pose the biggest threat to India’s internal security. They conduct their operations against the Indian government and army out of dense forests in a covert manner.

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