Amid cries and loud chanting of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’, wreaths were laid on Thursday at the mortal remains of 10 police personnel and a civilian driver who died in a blast carried out by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district. Women, children and other family members of the deceased were seen crying while women security personnel were trying to console them.
After paying homage to the martyred personnel who died in the Naxal attack on Wednesday, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said the sacrifices of the jawans will not go in vain and the fight against Naxalites will be intensified. The CM lent his shoulder to the mortal remains of one of the jawans on way to a vehicle in which the mortals remains were being shifted to native places of the deceased. Ten personnel, belonging to the District Reserve Guard (DRG), and a civilian driver were killed after Naxalites blew up their Multi-Utility Vehicle (MUV) which was part of a convoy carrying security personnel in Aranpur police station area of Dantewada on Wednesday afternoon.
#WATCH | Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel gives shoulder, carries the mortal remains of a DRG jawan who lost his life in an IED attack by Naxals in Dantewada. pic.twitter.com/a5HGYquGer
— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2023
The blast was carried out using an IED containing an estimated 40 kg of explosive material. Visuals from the spot showed a huge crater across the road at the blast site, almost 10-feet deep. The MUV was completely destroyed in the blast. The wreath laying ceremony for the deceased was held at the Police Lines in Karli area here on Thursday. Chhattisgarh CM Baghel, Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu, MPs Dipak Baij and Phulodevi Netam and state Director General of Police Ashok Juneja paid homage to the deceased. Baghel also met kin of the martyred jawans and the driver and assured them of extending assistance. Talking to reporters, Baghel said the martyrdom of the jawans will not go in vain and the fight against Naxalites will be intensified.
#WATCH | “The sacrifice of our jawans will not go in vain. Action will be taken against the Naxals in the area. This incident will not affect our morale and we will continue our fight,” says Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on Dantewada Naxal attack pic.twitter.com/C1fiVmlTIL
— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2023
I express deep condolences over the death of 10 DRG jawans and one driver. Their sacrifice will not go in vain. Action will be taken against the Naxals involved in this. Those who want to surrender should surrender. Our jawans are continuously fighting the Naxals, CM Bhupesh Baghel on Naxal attack in Dantewada told ANI
