| Dantewada Ambush | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Maoist CPI | |||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Local Maoist tribes |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 300-1000 militants | 86-200 policemen | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 8 killed |
76 killed 8 wounded | ||||||
The April 2010 Dantewada Maoist attack[1][2] 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[3] — the deadliest attack by the Maoists on Indian security forces.[4][5][6]
The attack occurred when over 85 officers from the central paramilitary force Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and a local police group were conducting an area domination exercise in the Bastar tribal region of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.[7]
Ambush style attacks on Indian Police have been repeated since by Maoist militants.[8]
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- ^ "Scores of Indian soldiers killed in Maoist ambushes". BBC World. 6 April 2010.
- ^ "75 security personnel killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist ambush". Times of India. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ Aman Sethi; D. Chandra Bhaskar Rao (6 April 2010). "Maoists massacre 74 CRPF men". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012.
- ^ "India steps up anti-Maoist operations after 22 policemen killed". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 21 August 2021.