Eight killed in Chhattisgarh landmine blast

JAGDALPUR: Eight people, including four jawans of the Naga battalion, were killed when a truck in which they were travelling hit a landmine laid by the Naxalites near Darbaguda on Jagdalpur-Hyderabad road in the tribal Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.
 
Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) RK Vij said four constables of the battalion, accompanied by two special police officers were returning after patrol duty. They boarded a truck that was on its way to Darbhaguda.

 

At about 8.30 am, the truck hit a landmine and all of them were killed. The truck driver and cleaner were among the dead.

 

Vij said security forces have been sent to the spot to carry out combing operations in nearby forests.