Maoists ambush patrol team in Dantewada, kill 2

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Nov 16, 2011, 07:23 PM IST

Maoists opened fire at a patrol team deployed at an NMDC mine at Aakash Nagar under Bicheli station station area, a police official said.

Two CISF jawans were killed and four others injured when Naxals ambushed a patrol team deployed at a National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) mine at Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Wednesday.

"The Naxals opened fire at a patrol team deployed at an NMDC mine at Aakash Nagar under Bicheli station area killing two CISF jawans and injuring four others," a police official said.

The jawans retaliated following which the Naxals fled, police said.

The injured have been admitted to a local hospital.