Information About Incident 60627-121210-307497 in Bilaspur India

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Additional Director General of Police (Naxal operations) Ram Niwas said that Maoists attacked the Police team while they were on a patrol in the Bacheli area during the weekly market, killing two personnel.

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Two Policemen were killed and four others injured when a group of Communist Party of India-Maoist ( CPI -Maoist ) cadres opened indiscriminate firing on a Police van in Dantewada District on May 2, reports Zee News. Additional Director General of Police (Naxal operations) Ram Niwas said that Maoists attacked the Police team while they were on a patrol in the Bacheli area during the weekly market, killing two personnel. The Policemen also fired in retaliation but the Maoists managed to escape, Niwas said.

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60627-121210-307497 5/3/2012 India Two Policemen killed in Maoist firing in Chhattisgarh
60627-121210-307497 5/3/2012 India Two Policemen killed in Maoist firing in Chhattisgarh

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