Police officer Sharad Shelar says the rebels triggered a land mine blast in the forested Gadchiroli area in Maharashtra state as the vehicle was passing through on Wednesday. The reception and the programmes were cancelled as a mark of respect for the police personnel, who lost their lives in the Maoist attack in Gadchiroli district, it added. The incident happened when a team of the C-60 squad commandoes, an anti-naxal unit, was patrolling the Kurkheda-Korchi road.
The attack is belived to be a retaliation by the Maoists after 40 extremists were gunned down by security forces on April 22 past year near Bhamragarh in the district. "I am in touch with the DGP and the Gadchiroli SP", he said in a statement.
Devendra Fadnavis regarding the tragic incident in Gadchiroli while expressing his grief at the loss of "brave" Police personnel.
In 2010, at least 76 men of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, the deadliest attack so far.
The explosion, condemned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi amid ongoing general elections, took place at about 11.30 pm on Maharashtra Day, nearly 10 hours after Maoists allegedly torched three dozen vehicles engaged in road widening and construction work in Gadchiroli's Kurkheda area. My thoughts & solidarity are with the bereaved families. "Their sacrifices will never be forgotten", he tweeted.
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Maharashtra Director General of Police Subodh Jaiswal said it would be incorrect to term the attack an "intelligence failure", reported ANI.
Meanwhile, Northeast political leaders also took to Twitter to condemn the attack. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee accused the Bharatiya Janata Party government of failing to control Maoism in the states ruled by it. Fadnavis said the state police was prepared to give a fitting reply to left-wing extremists.
PM: "Anguished to know that our 16 police personnel from Gadchiroli C-60 force got martyred in a cowardly attack by naxals today". The incident comes hours after naxals set fire to around 30 vehicles in the Gadchiroli.
Mungantiwar said that the Maoists are "angered by the highest turnout in Gadchiroli-Chimur Lok Sabha constituency" in the recent 2019 parliamentary elections which has prompted these violent reactions.
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