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Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.

April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada

Ambush of law enforcement by Naxalite-Maoist insurgents in Chhattisgarh, India

The April 2010 Dantewada Maoist attack was an 6 April 2010 ambush by Naxalite-Maoist insurgents from the Communist Party of India (Maoist) near Chintalnar village in Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, India, leading to the killing of 76 CRPF policemen and 8 Maoists — the…
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Central Reserve Police Force

Central police force in India

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is a central armed police force in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The CRPF assists states and Union Territories in maintaining law and order and internal security. It is composed of the Central Reserve Police Force (Regular) and…
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Dantewada district

District of Chhattisgarh in India

Dantewada District, also known as Dantewara District or Dakshin Bastar District, is a district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Dantewada is the district headquarters. The district is part of Bastar Division. Until 1998, Dantewada District was a tehsil of the larger Bastar…
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