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Patrol team targeted ahead of first phase polling in 18 constituencies
A day before the first phase of polling in the partly Maoist-dominated areas of Chhattisgarh, insurgents triggered a series of improvised explosive devices (IED) in the Koylibeda block of Kanker district, killing one BSF sub-inspector and injuring another. Inspector-General of Police (Raipur Range) Dipanshu Kabra said a BSF team was out on an area-domination exercise in view of the election on Monday, when Naxals detonated at least six IEDs in a forest in Kanker district, around 200 km from the capital Raipur. The incident took place between Udanpur and Gattakal village, officials said. Sub-Inspector Mahendra Singh was killed in the blasts, said Mr. Kabra, the nodal officer for the election-related security in the State. In a separate incident in Bedre village in Bijapur district, a suspected Maoist was killed, the police said.
All in Bastar
In the run-up to the first phase of polling, in 18 out of 90 constituencies, half-a-dozen incidents of violence have killed 13 persons, including security and media persons. All the incidents took place in the Bastar division of south Chhattisgarh, partly dominated by the left-wing insurgents. Many civilians and even a local leader of the Communist Party of India (CPI), Kalmu Dhurwa, were among those killed. Locals told The Hindu that the situation in the interior area had “deteriorated” over the last fortnight following a boycott call by the Maoists. Special Director-General (anti-Naxal operations) D.M. Awasthi said around one lakh security personnel, including those of Central paramilitary forces, have been deployed.
Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/blasts-rock-chhattisgarh-red-zone-on-poll-eve-bsf-si-dies/article25471513.ece
