Four police personnel were killed in an explosion while trying to dispose of a gunpowder dump of Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on Saturday, officials said.
This was the first explosion incident linked to Naxalites in the state since it was declared free from armed Maoism on March 31. It was also the first instance this year in which security personnel engaged in anti-Naxal operations lost their lives. Police earlier said that an improvised explosive device (IED) went off while being neutralised, but later a senior official stated that it was a gunpowder dump, hidden by Maoists when they were active in the area.
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Source: The Telegraph News
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